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A comprehensive statistic resource for life and health professionals.
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Pensions and Savings
- 53% of working adults will find it difficult to fund a
comfortable retirement.
- One in four workers don’t have any spare money to
take out a pension
- More than two out of three self-employed people are
likely to experience difficulty in retirement
Source: JP Morgan Fleming Pension Map of Britain, 2003
- Over a third of investors plan to tap into their savings
and investments in five years or less
- Just one in five people are investing their money to
take advantage of tax breaks
- One in five investors are saving for school and/or
university fees
- 16% of investors are saving to fund long-term care
- 15% of investors are saving for a deposit on a new
house
Source: JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management, 2004
- The Government is aiming to increase the share of
pensions provided privately from 40% to 60% in 2050.
Source: Financial Services Authority, 2002
- There is a savings gap of £27bn in the UK. To fill
this people in the UK need to save 54% more than they are
currently saving.
Source: Oliver, Wyman and Company, 2001
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