Pension Awareness Week: Risk of plateau in saver activity

A total 19% of people have no pension saved, Scottish Widows finds

Georgie Lee
clock 14 September 2021 • 2 min read
Pension Awareness Week: Risk of plateau in saver activity

A recent report on retirement by Scottish Widows has revealed that 61% of people now save adequately for later life, placing the recommended 12% as a minimum into their pension pots.

However, the report finds this rate of progress has been slowing, and that 19% of individuals still save nothing at all. The provider's research was published for this year's Pension Awareness Day on...

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