UK. Retirement expectation gap widens to record 5.3 years
The gap between when people want to retire and when they expect to retire has widened to a record 5.3 years, a ...
US. Gen X and millennials are rethinking retirement as pensions disappear
Pensions are fading, Social Security confidence is eroding, and a new survey shows two generations are scrambl ...
Is “staying up late” linked to disability? What a 12-year Finnish study revealed about evening-type people
People who naturally stay awake late at night may face a higher risk of receiving a disability pension before ...
PenCom widens pension net to diaspora, self-employed Nigerians
The National Pension Commission has moved to expand participation in the Contributory Pension Scheme to Nigeri ...
Older consumers hold growing sway over the American economy
The U.S. economy is entering the "age of the older consumer," driven by an aging population and close to $140 ...
US. It May Be Time for Corporate Pensions to Add (Some) Growth Assets
Now that most corporate pensions are materially stronger than they were prior to the Global Financial Crisis, ...
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The Pensions Brief: October 2026
By Andrew Block & Katherine Carter The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published a market oversight report on investment by UK pension schemes in private markets, particularly UK private markets. Key findings include: Trustees are open to UK private market investments if the investments offered meet the scheme’s investment needs and characteristics. DC schemes and master […]
Redistribution with Unequal Life Expectancy
By Sebastian Köhne I study life-expectancy inequality in a Mirrleesian life-cycle framework with pension-linked fiscal externalities and private retirement saving. Heterogeneous longevity affects optimal redistribution by changing both the expected fiscal cost of pension benefits and the mapping from disposable income into social marginal welfare. I derive an ABCD optimal tax formula that incorporates these […]
Can Voluntary Health Insurance Ease the Burden on Public Healthcare? Theory and Evidence from Europe
By Clara Andresciani, Debora Di Gioacchino & Laura Sabani This paper revisits the “decongestion effect” argument, according to which greater reliance on privately financed healthcare relieves pressure on public services. We develop a probabilistic voting model in which individuals, who differ in income, may purchase tax-deductible private health insurance, thereby gaining access to private care […]
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UK. Retirement expectation gap widens to record 5.3 years
The gap between when people want to retire and when they expect to retire has widened to a record 5.3 years, analysis from the Standard Life Centre for the Future of Retirement has revealed. The Retirement Voice research, based on the views of 6,000 people across the UK, found that UK adults were hoping to […]
US. Gen X and millennials are rethinking retirement as pensions disappear
Pensions are fading, Social Security confidence is eroding, and a new survey shows two generations are scrambling to fill the gap. A Harris Poll survey conducted on behalf of West Des Moines, Iowa-based retirement solutions company Athene found that more than eight in 10 Gen X and millennial respondents (83%) say their generation faces retirement […]
Is “staying up late” linked to disability? What a 12-year Finnish study revealed about evening-type people
People who naturally stay awake late at night may face a higher risk of receiving a disability pension before reaching retirement age, a new study suggests. Researchers found that evening-type people had about a 70% higher risk than morning types. However, the finding does not mean that being a night owl directly causes disability. What […]
PenCom widens pension net to diaspora, self-employed Nigerians
The National Pension Commission has moved to expand participation in the Contributory Pension Scheme to Nigerians in the diaspora, self-employed persons and informal sector workers under its Pension 2.0 reforms. The Director-General of PenCom, Omolola Oloworaran, disclosed this on Tuesday at the commission’s 2026 Customer Service Week seminar themed “Extra Mile.” Oloworaran, represented by the […]