All pensions gap articles – Page 2

  • Podcasts
    Podcasts

    Podcast: Solving the UK’s ‘underpensioned’ problem

    2021-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Podcast: A significant proportion of the UK’s working population is struggling to save for retirement, and the Covid-19 pandemic has only worsened the situation. In this podcast, Now Pensions’ head of PR and campaigns Samantha Gould and the Pensions Policy Institute’s senior policy researcher Lauren Wilkinson talk us through the findings of a recent research report into the UK’s ‘underpensioned’ problem, and the policy initiatives that could help bridge the gaps.

  • News on the go
    News

    300,000 women no longer able to participate in workplace pensions

    2021-12-08T00:00:00Z

    On the go: The pandemic has impacted women’s ability to save, with 300,000 women no longer able to participate in a workplace pension, new research has found.

  • News on the go
    News

    UK bumped up to 9th in Mercer’s Global Pension Index

    2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

    On the go: The UK’s retirement system has improved, according to the latest Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index, but more must be done to reduce the gender pensions pay gap and adequacy for lower-paid workers.

  • News on the go
    News

    Gender pension gap reaches 56% at retirement

    2021-07-28T00:00:00Z

    On the go: Women have a gender pension gap in every stage of their career, which reaches 56 per cent at retirement when compared to men, according to analysis from Legal & General.

  • Stefan Lundbergh
    Opinion

    Closing the gender pensions gap: Lessons from Sweden

    2019-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Cardano’s Stefan Lundbergh argues the UK gender pensions gap could be reduced if parents had subsidised childcare, giving the Swedish model as inspiration.

  • Hugh Nolan
    Opinion

    We need to narrow the pensions gap

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    The Society of Pension Professionals’ Hugh Nolan says more needs to be done to deliver fair outcomes for everyone.