David Kingman looks at the latest economic research into the plight of the millennial generation
Category: Pensions
The Elephant in the Room: Is it inevitable that the “DB Pension Promise” will be broken?
Pensions expert and IF supporter Daryl Boxall explains why Defined Benefit pensions are likely to prove unsustainable – and why younger generations may not want to carry the burden of funding them
Who pays for low interest rates?
Tom Anderson, a second year PPE student, examines the intergenerational impact of the Bank of England’s interest rate cut
Does increased longevity have to mean greater costs?
Welcome though increased longevity might be, it also implies longer retirement, with economic burdens that society is ill-prepared to meet. But as IF co-founder Angus Hanton suggests, there are ways to soften the impact
Parliamentary report into BHS highlights problems with defined-benefit pension schemes
David Kingman looks at what the House of Commons Work and Pensions select committee inquiry into the collapse of BHS had to say about defined benefit pension schemes
New government inquiry to consider “radical” solutions to final salary pensions crisis
David Kingman reports on the initiation of a new government inquiry into final salary pension schemes
New report warns of potential risks of auto-enrolment
David Kingman looks at a recent parliamentary report which casts doubt on the likely long-term success of pensions auto-enrolment
Does the BHS collapse have an intergenerational dimension?
David Kingman ponders the intergenerational implications of British Home Stores’ recent slide into administration
New report: women saving too little into pensions because of “male breadwinner” model
David Kingman looks at the findings of a new report which argues that women’s pension saving is still being held back by an old-fashioned “male breadwinner” model in families
New report: most people don’t understand state pension changes
David Kingman reports on the recent warning from the Work and Pensions select committee that the “flat-rate” state pension has been widely misunderstood
