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Annuity Myths and Facts

Money Talk

Below are some key things to know about annuities from a recent seminar that I attended: Complexity- Annuities are often sold as a “simple” investment but, in reality, they can be quite complicated. They are often bought with money from settlements, investment accounts, and pension plan lump sum distributions.

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BT boosts employees’ pension knowledge with financial education programme

Employee Benefits

For the last 11 years, BT has rolled out a programme of financial education for its employees to help them plan for retirement. The latest series of retirement planning seminars saw a take-up rate of 73% of registered employees attending the session. before financial education, to 4.1 following it,” says Shiels.

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Top tips for boosting employees’ pensions knowledge 

Employee Benefits

Need to know: Employers can tailor content and communication channels to different employee groups to help with their pensions knowledge. Losing the jargon will make the language of pensions easier to understand and more relevant to staff. They could invest in financial coaching for a more personal approach to pensions education.

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HR’s Guide to Integrating Social Security Retirement Benefits

HR Digest

cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) and the full retirement age (FRA) increasing to 66 years and 10 months for those born in 1959, understanding SSA retirement benefits is more critical than ever. Conducting engagement surveys to identify specific retirement anxieties. With changes like the 2.5% million public sector retirees.

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How to help staff trace and consolidate small pension pots

Employee Benefits

Credit: Dilok Klaisataporn/Shutterstock Need to know: Significant amounts of money are tied up in small pension pots, many of which may have been forgotten. The Pensions Tracing Service can help people reconnect with lost pensions. Employers can help staff with this process and engage with pensions more generally.

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How can employers nudge staff into saving more into their pensions?

Employee Benefits

It is generally acknowledged that, despite the success of pensions auto-enrolment , saving the minimum contribution levels will not lead to a comfortable standard of living in retirement. Pensions can also seem too abstract to think about. The complexity of pensions and lack of financial education is another factor, Blake adds.

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Top 10 pension mistakes individuals could make as they approach retirement

Employee Benefits

Most of us spend the majority of our working life saving into our pension. However, all this hard work saving can quickly unravel for those who aren’t aware of common pension mistakes. WEALTH at work outlines below the top 10 pension mistakes individuals could make, to highlight what employees facing retirement may need support with.

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