Archive for the 'Retirement' Category

Prudential Reveals Two in Five Planning to Retire in 2011

Prudential has announced that two in five people are planning their retirement for 2011, even though many have received no advice or have relied solely on non-professional advice. Two in every five people planning to retire in 2011 will do so having relied on non-professional advice as their main financial information source in the run [...]

Four in Ten Working Americans Say They’ll Never Afford Retirement

More than half of working adults don’t know how much they need to save to retire Almost 40 percent of working Americans say they will never afford retirement, which, for the second year in a row, ranks as the nation’s most important financial concern, according to a telephone survey conducted for the American Institute of [...]

ING Encourages Americans to Save the 2% FICA Tax Reduction Into Their Workplace Retirement Plan

Campaign Promotes Simple Way for Consumers to Give Themselves a “Retirement Raise;” Supports America Saves Week 2011 In an effort to promote greater retirement savings in the U.S., ING’s U.S. Retirement Services business is rolling out an advocacy campaign this month for its more than 52,000 defined contribution plan sponsors and 6 million participant customers. [...]

Standard Life Launches Active Money Personal Pension Online

Standard Life has launched the Active Money Personal Pension (AMPP) online, available via the Standard Life website. The AMPP combines an easy purchase process with total flexibility and a broad range of investment funds with the benefits of tax-relief, where for every 80 pounds Sterling the customer invests, the tax man tops up with a [...]