Underpensioned: Progress but gaps between groups persist

PPI’s John Adams looks at how far there is still to go to improve adequacy for at-risk groups

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PPI senior policy analyst John Adams
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PPI senior policy analyst John Adams

As the pension industry focuses on adequacy as part of phase 2 of the Pensions Review, the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) published its Underpensioned Index 2024 offering a timely overview of how far we have come, and how far there is still to go for at-risk groups.

The index tracks the relative retirement outcomes of groups at risk of falling behind. While this year's results show some modest improvement since 2022, they also confirm that pension inequality r...

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