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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