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Making sure your lover “can afford to grow old without you”
Below’s a really good post which I’ve learned from. It ties in with some thinking that has been done with Neil Walsh of Prospect and helps me and friends wishing to provide collective pensions from next year. It ties in … Continue reading
Divorce means pensioner poverty for many of a certain age
Coping with the difference in lifestyle you face in retirement is one thing, maybe it’s not good for marriage. A high number of couples split up rather than go through a changed lifestyle – it would seem. While freedom from … Continue reading
How is the pension gender gap widened by divorce?
I imagined myself “Sarah” on Tuesday night, Sarah a 50 year old recently divorced Mum, facing a future where she could just pay the bills but not plan for later and with what she thought a moderate pension. I was … Continue reading
How should you divorce your financial advisor?
Marriages always start so well and that’s the same if you are getting into a relationship with a spouse or your financial advisor. Many people selecting an IFA find themselves in “shock and awe” at a handsome report presenting … Continue reading
What should you do about pensions when divorcing?
University of Manchester, Cognitive Media, ESRC Today is pensions awareness day. One area of pensions I have never covered is divorce. So it was great when my friend Debora Price dropped me a line with some good advice on what … Continue reading
A tragic tale of a split pension.
This is the sad story of how someone, intent on running her finances independently of her “ex”, destroyed her personal financial security. It relates to a former member of my family and I am desperately sorry for her, … Continue reading
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Tagged divorce, emotion, Financial services, pension splitting, Retirement, separation, tragedy, Transfer
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