Pensions used to be complicated, but changing technology is making planning for retirement increasingly simple. There are apps to manage your banking, shopping, fitness goals, and romantic aspirations – so it makes sense that you should also be able to manage your pension through an app too. We launched the BWCI app last year and… Read More »
Don’t worry this isn’t an article with lots of tut-tutting about starting a pension late in life. It’s not unusual nowadays for people to begin building their pension egg in their 40s and 50s. Young people are experiencing lots of financial pressures, such as paying off debt, trying to get on the property ladder, and… Read More »
By Carl Stanford at BWCI “the UK is ranked in the top three national issuers of green bonds“ What are Green Gilts? “Green gilts”, a new classification of UK government bonds (“gilts”) were launched towards the end of 2021. This latest form of government debt has the same structure as traditional (“Brown”) gilts, however the money… Read More »
Secondary Pensions – What’s the latest?
The ‘live now, save later’ mantra that all generations go through in their 20s and early 30s may be running out of steam. The fact is that most of the world’s western governments cannot afford to keep paying pensions at their current levels, so counting on our States to provide for more than just basic… Read More »