Ros wrote a column for the Daily Mail’s ‘ThisIsMoney’ website, explaining why the pension freedoms have been a lifeline for many who would otherwise have locked into poor value annuities but the industry also needs to rethink its products. ( link to pdf )
WHEN WILL WOMEN GET FAIRER PENSION TREATMENT: Ros wrote a column for Money Marketing explaining that women need better pensions and too often lose out from policies that are stacked against them.
OLDER SAVERS LOSING OUT MOST: Ros wrote an Opinion Column for inews explaining why older savers, who are most loyal to the larger banks, are losing out most as interest rates rise. ( link to pdf )
Older Pensioners Must Not Be Abandoned: Ros wrote a column for FT Pension Expert magazine explaining the importance of ensuring the very low UK state pension is fully inflation–protected.
State Pension Must Be Protected And Not Means-Tested: Ros wrote an article for ThisIsMoney Daily Mail online, explaining why means-testing State Pensions would be damaging and that the low basic level of State Pension must be properly protected, to avoid rising poverty. ( link to pdf )
Women’s Pensions So Much Lower Than Men’s: Ros wrote a Comment article for the Guardian, discussing why the gender pensions gap remains so wide, even as the gender pay gap has narrowed. ( link to pdf )
Pension Funds Need To Support Growth: Ros wrote an article for Corporate Adviser magazine, calling on pension funds to use some of the taxpayer money invested in UK pensions, to boost green growth. ( link to pdf )
Ros wrote an article for Money Marketing, warning that there are likely to be delays to the timetable for the Pensions Dashboard as providers and Government are not yet ready to roll out the programme. ( link to pdf )
Ros wrote a comment article for the Daily Mail explaining the dangers of just raising State Pension Age, rather than a more flexible, nuanced approach to cost-saving that would recognise individual needs better.
Ros wrote a Feature Comment for the Daily Mail explaining why bringing forward the rise in State Pension Age was a blunt cost-cutting tool which would increase poverty and she says better reforms are needed. ( link to pdf )