Pension reform 101
The Pension Reform From October 2012 onwards all eligible workers will have to be automatically enrolled in a Qualifying Pension Scheme. There will be minimum contributions required from each worker and employer. The Qualifying Scheme could be your existing company scheme if it meets the qualifying criteria, or the National Employment Savings Trust – the [...]
How much do you stash away into your pension each month?
Can you afford to retire? How much do you stash away into your pension each month? Do you even have a pension? Image via Wikipedia Fewer than half of British women are saving enough for an adequate pension and 25% save nothing at all. It’s unsurprising that single, divorced and widowed women make up a [...]
Life after Divorce – finance
The ink’s dry on the Decree Absolute, you’ve finished crying – hell, you’ve even thrown party! You’ve divided everything up (in a mature adult fashion, naturally) from home, to money, to kids, to friends and so the new phase of life begins. Slightly battered, a bit more cynical and probably determined that this time it’s [...]
I thought you had to be rich to have a financial adviser?
We had a friend staying last weekend. I’d just got back from a 2 day conference and was engaged in a rant about the forthcoming Pension “Reform” (this will be the subject of a future blog but it’s currently in its 84th edit and I can’t seem to make it any less ranty) whilst glugging [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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