SPP: Housing wealth and retirement outcomes

Rebecca Howard says housing and pensions can no longer be treated as separate policy challenges

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Rebecca Howard: We must focus efforts on making investments work harder and designing workable decumulation solutions that take account of an individual’s overall wealth, not just their pension savings.
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Rebecca Howard: We must focus efforts on making investments work harder and designing workable decumulation solutions that take account of an individual’s overall wealth, not just their pension savings.

The latest of the Society of Pension Professionals’ (SPP’s) regular columns examines the role of housing in retirement planning

Pensions adequacy is squarely back on the government's agenda. However, it is increasingly clear that the adequacy dilemma cannot be resolved by viewing pension saving in isolation. The level of pe...

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