A ‘call to action’ if you have friends or family over State Pension age on low income.
The recently published annual Retirement Living Standards report shows a big jump in the expenditure (compared with previous years) - especially to have a moderate or a comfortable standard of living in retirement. Is their report flawed?
Many of you said that you were interested in 'green' issues; now we've published a 'Climate change report'.
Two questions are particularly relevant if you’re over 45:
Just a note to let you know that you should receive your Benefits Statement and summer newsletter by the end of September.
Most of us are busy people - and it is easy to overlook a letter or leaflet that does actually require us to take action. Join more than 30,000 RMDCP members who have provided their email address and mobile phone number in order to be alerted to anything that really does require attention!
RMDCP members’ pots are held completely separately from Royal Mail ... so it is not bad news for your pension...
Practical guidance regarding your options related to the RMDCP.
You might have seen recent articles in the press (or elsewhere) highlighting poor levels of service from Scottish Widows...
Changes are afoot!
Just a quick update for you all!
For a typical member, £4,000 a year is being added to their pot by way of contributions; £1,200 from the member, £300 tax relief from the government, and £2,500 from Royal Mail.
In this blog, I show the earliest age at which you can take benefits and I highlight the advantages of leaving your pot invested for longer.
I've summarised the Trustees' investment strategy which rewards companies which either already have low carbon emissions or which don't currently have low carbon emissions but have a credible plan to reduce their carbon footprint.
In this blog, I've set out warning signs that you've been contacted by a scammer!
In this blog entry, I highlight the advantages of spring cleaning your pensions - tracking down old pots and considering transferring them to the RMDCP.
In this blog, I've summarised the tax-friendly aspects of the RMDCP ... and provided some hints and tips to ensure that you really do beat the Taxman!
In this article we discuss the main choices available within RMDCP - how much you save, your retirement age, and what funds you invest in. The Trustees provide a strategy for people who don’t want to make a choice or are happy the experts choose for them – this strategy is called ‘the Default’. It’s an ironically negative name for something that provides so many positives.
This issue of Ben's blog takes you through the basics of what the State Pension is and how you can check what you might get.
Here, I want to remind you of the main reasons to be cheerful about saving for your retirement. Please let me know your views.
Hello Royal Mail, one and all, and welcome to this, the first in a series of blogs to help you understand more about your pension savings in RMDCP and about pensions more widely.
When you're done with your visit to the website today, I'd love to ask you a few questions about your experience! Select me when you're finished if you'd like to participate.
