Citywire blog – Bank of England policies put financial advisers in a pickle
Ros wrote a blog for Citywire explaining the difficulties for financial advisers when advising on pensions in the current exceptional interest rate environment.
Guardian Comment – Don't use pensions for house deposits
Ros wrote a blog for the Guardian website responding to Nick Clegg’s suggestion that pensioner benefits should be means-tested – very unwise and penalise savers and private pensions.
Sign this petition to call on Government to lift ISA restrictions
Mail on Sunday has set up an e-petition calling on the Government to lift restrictions on ISAs, so that people can hold the full annual allowance in cash, rather than having to gamble half on stocks and shares.
Let Savers Decide what to do with their money
Ros published an article in the Mail on Sunday, explaining why the Government should allow savers to use their full annual ISA allowance for cash if they need to, rather than having to gamble half on the stock market.
How fiscal and monetary policy have impacted pensioners
Report from Cebr examining the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on pensioners 2009 – 2014.
The impact of QE on over 50s
A report from the Cebr quantifying some of the impact of Bank of England policy on Britain’s over 50s, explaining why monetary policy has damaged real incomes and spending.
Economic policies leave average pensioner £1318 worse off
Article on Daily Mail website explaining why pensioners are worse off as a result of official policies.
Analysis of impacts of Monetary Policy on spending of over 50s
Cebr research quantifying the possible effect of QE, inflation and low interest rates on consumption spending by the over 50s and impact on GDP.
Get ready for the pensions revolution
Article by Ros published in the JC explaining that we will all need to think about pensions as auto-enrolment starts.
We'll save in the future if we spend more on social care now
Ros wrote an article for the Sunday Telegraph, explaining why we must not think too short-term about social care reform – if we don’t fund it now, it will cost more later. People need to save for later life care needs.