The straight talking money q&a

Stephanie Hawthorne offers some advice on using either pensions or a property to save for your retirement. SHOCKINGLY, saving for your retirement can sometimes be more expensive than buying your home.

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Do you run your own business, are you a contractor, freelancer or sole trader? Then you’ll recognise the symptoms of the permanent pensions headache of the self-employed: the rollercoaster of irregula

IDEAL HOME’S COLUMNIST AND EDITOR OF MONEYWEEK.COM KALPANA FITZPATRICK SHARES HER FINANCIAL WISDOM

Pension providers could deliver so-called “small pot” reforms by 2030, a new report suggests, helping millions of savers to consolidate their retirement savings. But while co-ordinated action would ce

While most people know they have an occupational pension, many are unclear where the money goes. Six in ten are not even aware that it is invested, according to a survey of 1,200 people for Hargreaves