SIPPs & retirement
Take control of your pension with our guides to SIPPs and retirement planning
Five alternatives to a pension for your retirement
Opinion | 1 Mar 2013
Pensions aren’t the only way to plan for retirement and in some cases may not be the best option.
What do automatic enrolment pensions involve for workers and employers?
Feature | 16 Nov 2012
This year sees the beginning of serious changes to the existing pension legislation in the UK.
Coping with lower annuity rates
Magazine | 1 Nov 2012
Experts predict that standard annuity rates will go on shrinking. Here's how to make the best of a bad situation.
The perfect mix of assets for your pension
Magazine | 1 Nov 2012
Equities, bonds, cash or property? We look at how to achieve the right mix of assets within your pension portfolio.
Saving for a pension: an investment guide
Guides | 5 Sep 2012
If you want to save for your retirement to supplement your basic state pension, there are two main routes: a personal pension and a workplace pension. This guide explains how they both work.
Latest investment guides
SIPPs versus ISAs: an investment guide
Guides | 5 Sep 2012
Individual savings accounts (ISAs) and self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) are both tax-efficient wrappers that can be used to save money for retirement. What Investment compares the two.
SIPPs: an investment guide
Guides | 4 Sep 2012
Self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) are one way to save for your retirement. Their main advantage is the freedom to invest in whatever assets you want. Read our jargon-free guide to find out more.
Rethinking retirement planning
Opinion | 4 Aug 2011
Millions will now live to over 100 but can they afford it? Saga director general Dr Ros Altmann, looks at the consequences.
Taking your tax-free lump sum
Opinion | 26 Jul 2011
Investors reaching retirement are making some unwise decisions when it comes to taking a tax-free lump sum. Jenny Lowe looks at the consequences...
Flexible drawdown in retirement
Feature | 15 Jul 2011
Those approaching age 75 may be relieved to discover they no longer have to buy an annuity, but are the alternatives any better? Charlie Thomas investigates....
Understanding the risks of SIPPs
Feature | 24 Jun 2011
With so many options in the personal pensions market, Charlie Thomas identifies the risks for those looking at a self-invested personal pension (SIPP).
What is an SSAS?
Guides | 31 May 2011
Since the pensions system was simplified in 2006, the popularity of SIPPs has soared. Jenny Lowe investigates the fate of their corporate sibling.
Time to wake up to the pension problem
Opinion | 28 May 2011
As startling new figures show 13 million people in financial dire straits, Jenny Lowe hopes to shake the nation’s investors into constructing a retirement plan.
Can the Pension Protection Fund take the strain?
Opinion | 25 May 2011
Jenny Lowe looks at the increased strain being placed on the Pension Protection Fund and a worrying issue in the corporate world
How government changes affect your retirement
Magazine | 24 May 2011
Two months on from the government change to the retirement rules, Kevin Rose looks at retired life after compulsory annuitisation.
FEATURE: How to plan your retirement
Feature | 19 Apr 2011
With the UK population continuing to live longer and the last remaining final salary schemes coming to an end, James Redgrave looks at how to plan your retirement.
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