40% Retire Without Any Financial Planning
Published / Last Updated on 30/06/2021
According to a new report from retirement firm Just Group, around 4 in 10 people retire with no financial planning or financial advice.
1 in 10 (10%) are men and 1 in 5 (17%) women say that they had no time to plan for retirement.
The research also revealed around half of the retired household’s biggest income is their State Pension, although a similar number of people forgot to check their forecast before retirement.
You can check your state pension forecast by setting up or sigining in to your Personal Tax Account.
14% of the those that did check their forecast said it was less than they had expected and around half of them said it was £500 a year less than they had anticipated.
24% (around a quarter) of those that said their State Pension was not what they were expecting.
- A third said it was between £250 and £500 less
- A Quarter said it was more than £500 less
- A Third said it was £250 to £500 more
- 1 in 10 said it was £500 more
85% said their State Pension forecast was what they were led to believe.
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