Results tagged “retirement”

Dean Ashton has been forced to retire from football at the age of 26 because of injury.

The West Ham striker's future was increasingly in doubt as he failed to recover from a series of injuries since breaking his ankle on England duty three years ago.

The Government is refusing to bow to pressure in bringing forward an increase in retirement age following the recession.

At the Conservative Party conference, George Osborne unveiled proposals to raise the age of state pensions for men to 66 from 2016, eight years ahead of the current Government's proposals.

RETIREMENT may be a long way from the minds of most Wharfers but HSBC have given everyone food for thought with their latest report.

The banking giant’s insurance arm published their latest Future of Retirement report on Tuesday. The survey of 40,000 people across 25 countries revealed most of us expect to work for longer and are making more detailed provision for retirement, reflecting a growing realisation that we can’t rely on a state pension.

Robert Lang, chief executive of HSBC Life, explained how the report’s findings showed changing attitudes to the challenge of funding retirement.