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Winner – Best Retirement Adviser

Sep 17, 2010

We are pleased to announce that Informed Choice has been named Best Retirement Adviser at the Moneyfacts Good Advice Awards 2010.

How much should I budget for a pension?

Sep 4, 2010

Informed Choice managing director and chartered financial planner Martin Bamford answered a question from a reader for thisismoney.co.uk, about how much they should budget for their pension.

Levelling down and your pension fund

Sep 2, 2010

Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford looks at the risk of ‘levelling down’ once the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) is introduced in 2012.

Plans to restrict pension transfers

Aug 16, 2010

A recent consultation from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) contained proposals to stop people from transferring their defined benefit pension benefits to a defined contribution pension scheme, such as a personal pension.

Money Sickness Syndrome

Aug 14, 2010

Escalating money worries are having a growing impact on mental and physical health.

Sensible State Pension suggestions

Aug 9, 2010

The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has endorsed a call to increase the State Pension Age to 66 from 2016, whilst at the same time recommending that any future increases should be linked to the life expectancy of those on lower incomes.

Pensions are rubbish!

Aug 5, 2010

The title of this blog just about sums up the consensus in the ‘non-financial’ media regarding the issue of saving...

Charges, pensions and cynics

Aug 3, 2010

Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford looks at the study by fund manager David Pitt-Watson and explores the issues behind a focus on charges when saving for retirement.

No more forced retirement

Jul 30, 2010

A consultation published by the government this week should result in the default retirement age being phased out.

Is it a time for radical pensions change?

Jul 28, 2010

Informed Choice chief executive and chartered financial planner Nick Bamford proposes a radical series of measures to simplify and modernise the UK pensions system.