Women still falling behind men in saving for retirement despite AE

Women still fall well behind men when it comes to saving for retirement despite auto-enrolment (AE) increasing contributions year on year, Pension Monster data shows.
Only a third (32%) of members currently using the online pension planning tool to review their options are women. The data comes from an analysis of 7,974 cases recorded between October 2016 and January...
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