Over the last three decades major events, scandals and regulations have shocked the pension system. Have the public lost faith in occupational and private pensions? Should the state pension be enough to see us through our old age? And with the non-working to working ratio continuing to rapidly increase, who will pay? We hear from those that were directly affected by the scandals of the 90's and the collapse in private pensions since - and from the experts whose job it is to help us make provisions for old age. This material forms part of The Open University course DB234 Personal investment in an uncertain world
How did £440 million go missing from The Mirror Group pension fund? Who was responsible and what were the repercussions?
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Occupational pension scandals
In 1995 the government introduced a pensions regulator to oversee the schemes, their task was to ensure that these scandals didn’t re-occur.
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Regulating pensions
As the non-working to working ratio increases, what available options do we have to ensure we don’t grow old in poverty?
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Raising the retirement age
The Open University’s Martin Upton, Jonquil Lowe and Alan Shipman discuss the ideas and developments in the UK pension industry and future plans to secure provisions for old age.
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Pensions in context
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Originally published: Monday, 29 March 2010
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