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How the coronavirus pandemic is affecting retirement plans for older workers
How the coronavirus pandemic is affecting retirement plans for older workers

One in eight older workers have changed their retirement plans as a result of Covid-19, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says

  • Industry
  • 01 October 2020
IFS: Has AE been too successful?
IFS: Has AE been too successful?

Thousands of the country’s most financially insecure individuals are remaining in auto-enrolled schemes even if it may not be in their best interests to do so, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) finds.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 19 May 2020
Could coronavirus infect the Consumer Prices Index?
Could coronavirus infect the Consumer Prices Index?

Covid-19 has presented the ONS with significant problems calculating inflation during lockdown. Latest Institute for Fiscal Studies research examines the challenges faced.

  • Industry
  • 16 April 2020
Expected retirement age rises by more than two years
Expected retirement age rises by more than two years

The average age 40 to 54 year-old men and women expect to retire increased between 2006 and 2017 by more than two years, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) says.

  • Industry
  • 06 March 2020
Tax hikes vital to meet spending promises, says IFS
Tax hikes vital to meet spending promises, says IFS

Taxes will have to increase after the March Budget if the government plans to honour the spending plans in outlined last year, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 26 February 2020
IFS: Pensions system places too much risk on individuals
IFS: Pensions system places too much risk on individuals

Workplace pensions look more like individual savings pots as too much risk is loaded onto members, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) director Paul Johnson warns.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 06 June 2019
Pre-retirees misjudging longevity and missing out on 'good value' annuities
Pre-retirees misjudging longevity and missing out on 'good value' annuities

People approaching retirement are "systematically misjudging" their longevity and undervaluing annuities, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) says.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 24 January 2019
New retirees overly-pessimistic about life expectancy
New retirees overly-pessimistic about life expectancy

Soon-to-be and recent retirees significantly underestimate their longevity, expecting a lower chance of survival to old age compared to official estimates, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

  • Defined Contribution
  • 17 April 2018
Public finances boosted by £5.1bn a year by rise in women's state pension age
Public finances boosted by £5.1bn a year by rise in women's state pension age

Movements to equalise the state pension age (SPA) between men and women have led to more than £5bn of extra money for the government, latest analysis reveals.

  • Industry
  • 02 August 2017
Skills upgrade will solve ageing population problem, not more saving
Skills upgrade will solve ageing population problem, not more saving

Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) economist James Banks has warned the UK must upgrade the skills of workers and boost productivity to solve the social strains from an ageing population.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 05 July 2017
IFS report: AE boosts pension coverage among young and low earners
IFS report: AE boosts pension coverage among young and low earners

Four years of auto-enrolment (AE) has brought more young savers and low earners into workplace pensions, and even doubled membership among people not directly targeted by the policy.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 17 November 2016
Baroness Drake questions shift to individual responsibility in pensions planning
Baroness Drake questions shift to individual responsibility in pensions planning

Baroness Jeannie Drake has questioned whether placing more responsibility on individuals amounts to an efficient long-term savings policy.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 05 October 2016
Today's 30-year-olds more likely to save in pensions than previous decade
Today's 30-year-olds more likely to save in pensions than previous decade

People born in the 1980s are now more likely to be members of a pension scheme than those born a decade earlier, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

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  • 30 September 2016
Resolution Foundation launches commission into intergenerational inequality
Resolution Foundation launches commission into intergenerational inequality

The Resolution Foundation has today launched a commission into intergenerational inequality, focusing on the gap in wages, pensions, and homeownership between generations.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 18 July 2016
Is government spend on pensions sustainable?
Is government spend on pensions sustainable?

What impact will current events have on the amount of money government spends on pensions? Charlotte Moore finds out

  • Law and Regulation
  • 12 July 2016
Five stories you might have missed this week
Five stories you might have missed this week

The biggest stories on PP this week were warnings that decent retirement could mean working until age 85, and the risks to members from pooling the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

  • Defined Benefit
  • 19 February 2016
Resolution Foundation: pensioner income climbs 22% since 2002
Resolution Foundation: pensioner income climbs 22% since 2002

The average pensioner's income has risen by more than a fifth since 2002 while working-age incomes remained broadly stagnant at around 2% says the Resolution Foundation.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 16 February 2016
IFS: pensions still the best way to save despite tax reforms
IFS: pensions still the best way to save despite tax reforms

Pensions will still be the most effective way to save even if higher earners get less tax relief under the chancellor's expected reforms, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS).

  • Industry
  • 16 February 2016
What factors could blow the UK retirement system off course?

UK pensions look good in theory but the system could turn out to be alarmingly fragile. Michael Klimes finds out why

  • Industry
  • 04 December 2015
How we can avoid a pensions disaster

Working longer and sharing risk better would help, says Paul Johnson

  • Industry
  • 11 November 2015
Scrap state pension triple lock, urges IFS

The government has been urged to axe the state pension triple lock in light of data showing pensioners have higher average income than working age people for the first time.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 21 October 2015
Will the new pensions minister abolish the lifetime allowance for DC?

Lesley Browning looks at what the Conservative government means for pensions

  • Law and Regulation
  • 15 May 2015
Five stories you might have missed: Trustees reprimanded; Politicians castigated; Olympic scheme frustrated

Top stories on the site include an expensive mistake by trustees of the Pilkington Tiles scheme, a scathing review of pensions proposals, and a frustrating Supreme Court judgment. Here's what you might have missed.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 01 May 2015
IFS slams main parties over 'misguided' and 'absurd' pension proposals

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has published a scathing review of tax and benefits proposals from the main parties, branding the triple lock "absurd" and tax-relief plans "misguided".

  • Law and Regulation
  • 28 April 2015
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