Retirement

Asia | 3 Oct 13

When people are asked what they hope their retirement will be like, they use words like “freedom” and “happiness”, and describe being able to do things that they enjoy; but when asked how they actually expect their lives to be after they retire, many admit that things may not be quite as agreeable as envisaged.

Retirement | 30 Sep 13

Daniel Freedman, founder and managing director of the London & Capital wealth management office, is sounding the alarm about the dangers of advising Americans to transfer pensions they may have accumulated while working in the UK into QROP schemes when they return home.

Retirement | 20 Sep 13

British expats are embracing social media and digital apps as a means of sorting out their finances, with 75% using these platforms for practical purposes such as currency conversions and 38% making active use of banking apps, a new survey reveals.

Retirement | 18 Sep 13

Two UK MPs have agreed to help expat pensioners in their latest fight to gain the right to have their state pensions increased in line with inflation, the way they are for pensioners who remain in the UK.

Retirement | 12 Sep 13

Sovereign has launched two Isle of Man-based QROPS, making it the only pensions trustee with a QROPS in Gibraltar, Malta and the Isle of Man.