November 2025
10Nov

US. The Realistic Minimum Retirement Savings Needed, According to Experts

You may have heard you need at least $1 million in the bank to retire. The truth is, a comfortable retirement will look different for everyone. Some people might need much more than that, and some might only need $700,000 to retire comfortably. So what’s a more realistic minimum number you should aim for? Why the $1 Million Rule Doesn’t Work for Everyone Retirement costs can look very different depending on where you live, how healthy you are, whether you have a...

November 10, 2025
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04Nov

Unlocking pension funds for critical infrastructure development in Ghana

Ghana's Infrastructure Crisis and Economic Imperative Ghana's economic trajectory is promising, with steady growth averaging over 5% annually in recent years, driven by sectors like agriculture, services, and mining. Yet, this progress is hampered by a chronic infrastructure deficit that undermines productivity, stifles job creation, and perpetuates inequality. Pothole-filled roads delay goods transport, erratic power supplies disrupt manufacturing, and inadequate water systems expose millions to health risks. According to estimates by the Africa Development Bank, Ghana requires at least $37...

November 4, 2025
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04Nov

Solving for retirement: All paths lead to more private savings

The biggest challenge and opportunity for superannuation, pension and sovereign wealth funds is the climbing support ratio, particularly in developed economies, according to Michael Davis, head of global retirement strategy at T. Rowe Price. The support ratio, sometimes referred to in less flattering terms as the old-age dependency ratio, has been in rising across every major global economy. For example, in Japan, the support ratio is 51, meaning 100 working adults support 51 retirees. In the 1950s, the ratio was...

November 4, 2025
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October 2025
31Oct

US. Uncertainty about retirement growing increasingly

Americans are growing increasingly uncertain about their retirement plans amid persistent inflation and mounting concerns about the future of Social Security. In a trio of recent surveys from Charles Schwab, Fidelity, and Northwestern Mutual, Americans' confidence in their ability to retire, retire comfortably, and the exact age at which different generations expect to retire varied widely. And in both the Schwab and Fidelity surveys, the number of Americans who said they're confident in their retirement plans fell from the same surveys conducted last...

October 31, 2025
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27Oct

More than a third of UK workers face retirement poverty amid weak engagement

More than a third of UK workers - equivalent to around 11.6 million people - are on course to fall short of covering their basic needs in retirement, research from Scottish Widows has revealed. The insurer’s latest report, Retirement Realities: Unlocking the Workplace Benefits, found that while auto-enrolment has brought millions into pension saving, contribution levels and engagement remained far too low to deliver adequate outcomes for most workers. Drawing on surveys of 1,000 senior decision-makers responsible for workplace pensions and 2,000...

October 27, 2025
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17Oct

What could effective pensions engagement look like?

By Pensions Policy Institute This report is primarily focused on the Defined Contribution (DC) landscape, in which engagement and active choice play a greater role, in comparison to Defined Benefit (DB). DC provides an increasing proportion of UK pension provision, with private sector DB provision in decline. As a result, DC savers will make up the majority of future retirees, and even among those with DB entitlement, many will also have some DC savings as a result of increased job...

October 17, 2025
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17Oct

Research and analysis. Lessons on pensions engagement

By Department for Work & Pensions This report summarises research exploring consumer engagement and ways to increase public engagement with private pensions in the UK. It brings together findings from a rapid review of publicly available literature with intelligence from 6 expert interviews across the UK, Western Europe and Israel. This provides new insight and understanding into some of the factors influencing pensions engagement. The research highlights areas for further research and could be expanded in the future by seeking...

October 17, 2025
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15Oct

Raising pension contribution levels ‘could boost financial security in the UK’

The UK’s retirement system could be improved by bringing more people, including the self-employed, into private pension schemes and raising the contribution levels required under automatic enrolment, according to a global report. The UK was graded “B” in the 17th annual Mercer CFA Institute global pension index – alongside several other countries such as Canada, New Zealand, France, Mexico, Belgium, Croatia, Germany and Ireland. Countries which received an “A” grade included the Netherlands, Iceland, Denmark, Singapore and Israel. Those rated “B-plus”...

October 15, 2025
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10Oct

Europe’s productive capital gap. Mobilising pension and household savings to scale up risk capital

By Patrick Augustin, Sebastien Betermier, Emma Gormley & Marie Parent The ALFI/McGill new study ‘Europe's productive capital gap’ shows that Europe is falling behind in mobilising household and pension savings into productive investment compared to reformed pension economies such as Australia, Canada, and Sweden. The study compares nine countries: four European economies with reformed, capital-based systems (Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, and Sweden); two successful reformers outside Europe (Australia and Canada); and three major European economies still dominated by PAYG pensions (Germany,...

October 10, 2025
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03Oct

Venture & growth capital in Europe – mapping pension funds’ attitudes

By Pensions For Purpose Across Europe, pension funds manage over €3tn in assets, yet only roughly 0.12% is allocated to venture and growth capital (VC). Meanwhile, VC investment in Europe totalled €15bn in 2023. These numbers together highlight two persistent questions: can allocation to VC be compatible with the fiduciary duties of pension funds? If so, why has the historical aggregated allocation of pension funds to this asset class been so modest? To address these questions, we embarked on a journey...

October 3, 2025
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