Three things we learned this week

Women face massive barriers to adequate pension saving - Scottish Widows Careers breaks to care for children, more common part-time working and typically getting paid less money than men are key factors preventing women from saving adequately for retirement, according to a report. Analysis from Scottish Widows found female pension saving remains at all-time lows, and lags behind male saving rates. It urged women not to rely on their partner's pension to secure their income in retirement without first gaining appropriate knowledge on what would happen in the event of a relationship b...