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Our articles, guides and videos can help you learn more about saving in a pension and retirement planning.

How can I take my pension savings?

Your pension, your freedom. What the changes mean for you.

How divorce can affect pension and retirement plans

Find out how divorce can affect your pension and retirement plans and what options are available to you.

What you may have heard about Pensions

After wide ranging changes introduced in April 2015, from age 55 onwards, you can now access your pension in more ways than ever before.

Workplace pensions

Some employers already provide a company pension scheme as part of their employment package to help employees save for their retirement.

What are Individual Pensions?

There are three main types of individual pensions - personal pensions, stakeholder pensions and self-invested personal pensions.

Additional Voluntary Contributions Overview

An Additional Voluntary Contributions plan is set up by an employer for employees to make further contributions to potentially build up additional benefits.

Benefits of topping up your individual pension

As you fund an individual pension yourself, the more you pay in, the more potential there is for you to achieve the retirement you want.

Why it could pay to top up your workplace pension

If you are a member of your workplace pension scheme your employer would normally, at least, match your contributions.

Retirement planning - no time like the present

Retirement planning - are you on track?

What could you be entitled to in retirement?

Make sure you’re not missing out on extra retirement benefits.

What happens when I near retirement?

It's a good idea to keep an eye on your pension savings as well as your finances, to see if you are on track to receive the income you'd like in retirement.

Tips to improve your retirement income

Are your finances retirement-ready?

Life events that can influence your retirement income needs

Changing income needs in retirement.

How your spending habits might change

Living longer can influence your income needs.

Better together – tips for couples planning for their retirement

Things to consider as a couple.

51%

of people surveyed in our Class of 2017 research are planning to work past their State Pension age.

Your pension, your freedom

Check out our video on ways you can take your pension pot.

Fixed or flexible income in retirement?

Annuities and drawdown explained.

Annuity tips before you buy

An annuity is a way to ensure you get a guaranteed income in retirement.

Ways to pass your pension on

The way that you decide to take your pension will affect what will happen to it when you are no longer here.

Delaying when you take your pension

Postponing your retirement.

Tax information and allowances

Government tax rules and regulations that may affect you if you are saving, investing or have a pension plan.

What's on your Retirement Life List?

Try our fun Life List Tool to get ideas and inspiration for your retirement planning.

Pensions and living longer

Now that people are living longer in retirement, how does that impact your pension?

How do you imagine your future?

Watch our new film and feel inspired by the possibilities that retirement could bring.

What the recently retired would do differently if they had their time again

Learn from those that have retired before you.

Protecting yourself from investment scams

Don't fall victim - what to watch out for.

Stay up to date on Budget changes

How changes announced could impact you now and in the future.

£19,900

is the average annual retirement income for 2018, our study shows.

Power of attorney for your finances: what you need to know

Plan ahead for your financial security with a power of attorney. Discover what a power of attorney is, why set one up for your finances and how to set one up.

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