Op-ed published in Yorkshire Post explaining why the pensions crisis is likely to be worse than the credit crisis and lamenting the measures announced in the UK 2009 Budget which did not address the problems.
Ros was commissioned to write an independent report on the problems facing individuals who are trying to plan for their retirement. She covers the history of our pension system, the risks of relying too heavily on the stock market to deliver good pensions and discusses some of the misconceptions of pension planning. Do you know the difference between a pension fund and a pension? Do you know what options are available on retirement? Can you afford to gamble your future security? All these questions are touched on in the report. Copies of the report are available at www.metlife.com/rp
Article published in Scotland’s Sunday Post newspaper, explaining how the recent budget measures were a missed opportunity to sort out our pensions crisis and will not deal with the problems. Could this be because policymakers do not have to worry about pensions themselves?
Comment piece published in Sunday Telegraph explaining the inadequacies of the 2009 Budget’s pension measures and the risks that millions will face an impoverished old age
Blog on Citiwire website outlinining Ros’s wish list for policies that the Chancellor could introduce to help pensions and pensioners in the forthcoming Budget.
Guardian on-line Comment column in which Ros explains the dangers of a major pension company cutting its pension contributions in response to the credit crisis and cost cutting pressure. This will mean disappearing employer pensions and then disappearing retirement.
Daily Telegraph ‘Fundamentalist View’ Column explaining Ros’ view that deflation is a myth and we are heading for a big inflation problem which will hurt corporate bonds as well as fixed interest gilts, with investors needing inflation protection.
Op-ed published in Yorkshire Post explaining the dangers of employers cutting pension contributions and the Government’s personal accounts encouraging further cutbacks in future. This is a pay cut today, will be a pension cut tomorrow and will mean delayed retirement or pensioner poverty in future.
Ros explains what policies she would like to see for pensions in the 2009 Budget.
Article published in Scotland’s Sunday Post newspaper, outlining why it is wrong to print money to buy gilts. Quantitative Easing will not revive the economy unless the money printed actually goes to the parts of the economy which need it. Meanwhile, it is damaging pensions enormously.