UK. Why Gen Z are planning for life without a state pension
Joel has finally landed his first graduate engineering job after several years of lower‑paid roles. He's in hi ...
Thailand rolls the dice on lottery-backed pensions
Like many countries in South and East Asia, Thailand is seeking to improve retirement savings for informal and ...
Who will make up the new U.S. population?
As the United States of America at 250 looks forward to the next 250 years and beyond, it is vital that we add ...
Germany’s ruling coalition to meet for crunch talks on reform package
The leaders of Germany's ruling coalition parties are meeting on Wednesday for what could be decisive talks on ...
Retirees Don’t Need to Fear a Lost Decade. They Need a Plan
We recently interviewed flat-fee financial advisor Adam Grossman for Morningstar’s “The Long View” podcast and ...
Heatwaves could ruin your pension, according to UK’s Pensions Professionals
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Insights and Analysis: The AI Revolution
By Pension Trusts Enhanced Data Management and Predictive Analytics Central to the operations of DB pensions is the handling of extensive and diverse data sets. AI can significantly improve the way data is managed through advanced data processing abilities. With machine learning algorithms, there’s the potential to dissect decades of pension data. This could help […]
Avoiding the ‘pink pound’ blind spot
By Scottish Widows While Pride celebrations carried on around the UK, the reality is that ‘pink finances’ remain in dire straits. It was a common trope not that long ago that this cohort of society was more likely to be more affluent than average. But the reality is very different. In fact, the challenges facing […]
What Do Prospective Teachers Retirees’ Fear about Retirement?
By Jaquiline Amani This qualitative study explored prospective teacher retirees’ perceived fears about retirement and identified key drivers of retirement anxiety. Data were collected through focus group discussions with 22 teachers from two regions of Tanzania. The participants were purposively selected from public schools and had ten years or less remaining before reaching voluntary or […]
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UK. Why Gen Z are planning for life without a state pension
Joel has finally landed his first graduate engineering job after several years of lower‑paid roles. He’s in his early 20s, lives with his parents and works in London. But instead of splashing the extra cash, or saving up for holidays or a house deposit, he’s decided to squirrel more of it away into his workplace […]
Thailand rolls the dice on lottery-backed pensions
Like many countries in South and East Asia, Thailand is seeking to improve retirement savings for informal and self-employed workers. Its proposed retirement lottery seeks to make pension saving more attractive by attaching it to the chance of a prize. The question is whether this will draw new money into retirement accounts or simply fuel […]
Who will make up the new U.S. population?
As the United States of America at 250 looks forward to the next 250 years and beyond, it is vital that we address the unanswered existential question that lies at the heart of our national identity: Who will be the new Americans? Historically, the policy focus has been on addressing the question of who we […]
Germany’s ruling coalition to meet for crunch talks on reform package
The leaders of Germany’s ruling coalition parties are meeting on Wednesday for what could be decisive talks on their reform package, with decisions on tax relief for low and middle incomes, labour market reforms, pensions, health care and long-term care all on the agenda. Whether decisions will be reached on Wednesday is unclear. Negotiations could […]