Scottish Widows reported that, by age 55, one in four women will have been out of work for more than five years, which could result in a £70,000 hit at retirement.

Millions of people across the UK are “sleepwalking into retirement poverty”, a report has warned, as rising living costs outstrip pension savings and key groups slip through the cracks of the system.

— -- Q U E S T I O N: My husband is planning to retire in 2005 and will net a pension of $24,000 a year. He has less than one year's income in his 401(k). I will be working for at least 11 years ...

More than 15 million people across the UK are at risk of retirement poverty, according to a new report from Scottish Widows. More than a third (39%) of people polled by the pension provider were not ...

We could be sleepwalking into a retirement crisis, with younger savers woefully underprepared for the demands their pension pots will face. Forty-two percent of under-30s are currently at risk of ...

Across the African continent, a silent crisis is unfolding: the rise of retirement poverty; only a few have retirement security. From Lagos to Lusaka, retirement is becoming not a time of rest but a ...