"Incomprehensible! Baffling! Convoluted!"
These are just a few of the adjectives bandied about when the subject of Britain's pension system is brought up.
Last week's crippling disruption of Visa, and the widespread failure of card payments across Europe, caused quite a stir.
Despite a lot of bluster in the months leading up to it, the recent decision by the Bank of England to hold base rates at 0.5 per cent was no surprise given the string of underwhelming economic data that emerged in the days prior to the announcement.
Basking in the sun this past bank holiday weekend, it felt like summer had finally arrived. It's thus only natural to look ahead to the coming months, and the holidays that lie in store.
The so-called Beast from the East may have subsided, but despite a welcome rise in the mercury, there is one inescapable consequence of the cold winter we've just endured - high energy bills.
The annuity was once the bedrock of British retirement planning and a natural (and obligatory) alternative for those without final salary pension schemes.
This past weekend, a so-called revolution took place, as Open Banking was launched.
The concept of retirement is one which many people believe is as old as the hills.
The so-called ‘magic money tree’ was a hot topic of discussion in the build-up to June’s General Election.
For savers, and indeed all British consumers, inflation data for September released by the Office for National Statistics this week confirmed what was already known: the squeeze continues.
Few major policy shakeups are met without criticism in some corners, but it’s fair to say that the pension freedoms of 2015 have been viewed by retirees (and those approaching retirement) with a widespread, if cautious, embrace.
