Three things we learned this week

IFS warns post-war pensions boom 'is coming to an end' People born in the 1960s and 1970s are likely to become the first generation since World War II who will be worse off than their parents in retirement, a new study has warned. When compared with those born a decade earlier at the same age, this group have no higher take-home income and have saved no more of their previous take-home income. They are also less likely to own a home, probably have lower private pension wealth, and will tend to find that their state pensions replace a smaller proportion of previous earnings, accordin...