Pensions & Retirement
Cash Chats episode 3: working rights, pensions, credit scores & investing
The latest episode in Young Scot’s Cash Chats series has landed! It was broadcast live this week on Facebook but in case you missed it,
October 2, 2020
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Here’s what Boris Johnson MUST do to win over Young Britain
However you feel about Thursday’s result and Boris Johnson’s electoral victory, we must accept the age of Bojo and understand how it might shape our
December 16, 2019
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What I REALLY think about pensions
Last week, I had the huge privilege of taking part in a special Pensions Debate at the industry’s leading conference in Manchester. The debate was
October 25, 2019
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Get your Pension MOT tonight!
Make 2019 the year you take control of your pension! Tonight, I’ll be talking about how to prep your finances for later life. It may
May 21, 2019
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Pension or ‘pay rise’? My Q’n’A on auto-enrolment & what it means for you
Young workers’ payments into workplace pensions go up this month. So why should my generation stick with auto enrolment – and how could it be
April 10, 2019
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WTF is a pensions dashboard – and why do we need one?
A digital pensions ‘dashboard’ will launch this year to help the 10 million folks who have been enrolled into workplace pensions since 2012. But Grand
March 1, 2019
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Feel-good companies accused of ‘double standards” over pensions
Companies with feelgood policies on the environment have been accused of double standards over their pension funds. Research by ShareAction has found a disconnect between
February 12, 2019
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Will Help to Save and sidecar schemes keep young Britain solvent?
Young Britain has a savings problem. More than half of people in their twenties have no pot to draw on in an emergency, according to
January 14, 2019
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NY Resolutions you’ll actually *want* to keep
Do yourself a mahoosive favour in 2019. As the brilliant Alex Holder rightly points out in her latest think piece for Grazia, this year will
January 1, 2019
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Do the self-employed REALLY want a pension?
Iona Bain Another day, another maddening press release from a pensions company. I am, of course, referring to new research from Prudential, suggesting that more
November 8, 2018
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Turning virtue signallers into financial activists (my thoughts at LGIM)
Iona Bain I recently spoke on a panel at Legal and General Investment Management’s conference about “50 Shades of Green” – i.e. what constitutes “responsible”
October 1, 2018
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The next generation in pensions is HERE!
I am delighted to be part of an exciting new initiative that’s shaking up the world of pensions. The Young Money Blog recently reported on
September 26, 2018
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The Great Pensions Black Hole – & why YOUR cash may end up there
So how do you lose £2000 without knowing it? 🤯 That’s the average value of ‘lost’ Child Trust Funds worth a total £1.5bn, which parents don’t
September 7, 2018
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Meet the young voices shaking up OUR financial futures
Iona Bain What if I told you that crazy-important decisions are being taken about your future finances by people who are…well, nothing like you?
August 8, 2018
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LISA’s here to stay! We must give young savers choice – & respect
Iona Bain Summer is usually called “silly season” in journalism. But it looks as if the same phenomenon might be affecting the Treasury Select Committee
July 27, 2018
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We’re in the money? The £1 trillion bung coming our way
“We’re in the money, we’re in the money, we’ve got a lot of what it takes to get along…” * Iona Bain Millennials can expect part
July 2, 2018
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Is your workplace pension funding weapons & tax avoidance?
If you are saving into a pension at work, are you happy for your cash to be invested in companies that make weapons, dodge tax
June 11, 2018
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The 20 Something Financial Starter Kit!
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” So said Antoine Saint-Exupery in a simple yet profound statement of truth. I’m often asked by
May 16, 2018
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Intergen Finance: the Resolution Report fully unpacked
It’s official. We are not Generation Avocado. The long-awaited report from the Intergenerational Commission has concluded, after two years and over 200 pages, that millennials
May 11, 2018
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Throwing £10k at us won’t solve our problems – Young Money Comment
The Resolution Foundation, headed by Lord Willetts, has suggested a £10,000 windfall for every young person reaching 25 in the UK, funded by a levy
May 8, 2018
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We need a youthquake in financial services – here’s why
Iona Bain As founder of the Young Money Blog, I can honestly say that I feel very proud to work in the financial field. Most
April 2, 2018
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QUICKIE GUIDE: The ethix of money
Can you invest in what you believe? Yea, defo. As part of our “quickie” series, we aim to give you big ideas in a quick
March 16, 2018
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Gen Y turned off by “uninspired & out-dated” pensions
Young workers are at risk of jeopardising their financial futures due to uninspired and out-of-touch messages from the pensions industry, according to new research published today.
March 15, 2018
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The financial sector has no place for victim-blaming broflakes
Things go wrong in financial services, as they do in all industries: it’s how you respond to your critics and (most importantly) your disillusioned consumers
March 10, 2018
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Moneybox tackles unpaid interns rights
The rights of unpaid interns, first highlighted by the blog in November http://youngmoneyblog.co.uk/the-new-unpaid-interns-debate-is-a-nonsense-heres-why/ were aired today in Iona’s first in-show report for Moneybox, the BBC’s
January 20, 2018
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We need to get real about auto enrolment
Iona Bain It has been lauded as a success story for the pensions industry and a quietly radical way to get more people saving for
January 5, 2018
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Good for pension companies – right for young people?
Iona was on BBC News today challenging the government’s plans to enrol workers as young as 18 into pensions. Ministers plan to reduce the minimum
December 17, 2017
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Do millennials need a pension? Iona at the PLSA conference
Iona was a guest speaker today at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s annual conference in Manchester. In a special session on what the new
October 19, 2017
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September 20, 2017
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Pensions, as we know them, are ending. Here’s why
Iona Bain What puts our generation off saving for the future? One (very over-used) word: uncertainty. None of us knows what the future holds. But so-called
September 15, 2017
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