Dear Brits, please save more
About this episode
The episode discusses the lack of pension savings among working age adults in Britain and features insights from financial experts.
Britain has a problem. Almost half of the country’s working age adults are not saving into a pension at all. So if you know somebody who isn’t thinking enough about their future retirement, it may be time to have a frank conversation with them. In today’s show, Katie Martin talks to two experts about why nobody seems to be taking their pensions seriously enough – Gavin Lewis, managing director at asset management leviathan BlackRock, and the FT’s consumer editor Claer Barrett, who writes our Serious Money personal finance column. Also, Gavin goes long longevity, Katie goes long gold exuberance and Claer shorts Andy Burnham’s social media feed. Save 10% on tickets to the London FT Weekend Festival with the code FTPodcast . Visit ft.com/festival to find out more. For a free 30-day trial to the Unhedged newsletter go to: https://www.ft.com/unhedgedoffer . You can email Robert Armstrong and Katie Martin at unhedged@ft.com . Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Katie Martin
Guests: Gavin Lewis, Claer Barrett
Topics covered
- pensions
- savings
- financial planning
- retirement
- personal finance
Keywords
- pensions
- savings
- retirement
- financial advice
- personal finance
Sponsors
Financial Times Weekend Festival
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BlackRock, Financial Times
Places: Britain, London
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