Pensions Explained: A Complete Guide to Saving for Your Retirement ("Which?" Essential Guides) - Softcover

Lowe, Jonquil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844901106 ISBN 13: 9781844901104

Publisher: Which? Books, 2010

Synopsis

Gone are the days when you could rely on the state pension to provide a comfortable retirement. But, with all the options out there, how much do you save, and how?

Using clear, easy-to-follow language, Pensions Explained describes exactly how pensions work and takes a realistic look at how you can safeguard your future, covering State Pensions, work-based pension schemes, NEST and personal pensions. Find out how much you need to save now in order to afford the retirement you want, and how to invest your pension fund to gain maximum benefit.

This invaluable guide also gives advice on plugging gaps in your pension, leaving a pension scheme early, and explains how pensions can affect your family, including planning for your family's financial security after your death, and making arrangements in the event of a divorce.

Whatever stage you're at in your life, Pensions Explained will help you navigate the pensions maze and take control of your future.

About this title

About the Author

Jonquil Lowe is an economist and has worked for several years in the City as an investment analyst. She is a former head of the Money Group at Consumers' Association and now works as a freelance researcher and journalist. Jonquil holds the g60 qualification required of financial advisers who give advanced pensions advice and writes extensively on all areas of personal finance and is the author of several other books, including Be Your Own Financial Adviser, The Which? Guide to Giving and Inheriting and The Which? Guide to Money in Retirement.

Edition details

• Publisher: Which? Books
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844901106
• ISBN 13: 9781844901104
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224