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Scottish Widows 2024 retirement report

In our 20th annual retirement report, we reflect on some of the big changes over the last two decades which have decisively changed how people prepare for retirement. We are pleased to have been an active part of this endeavour.

Our report shows that although retirement is going well for most of today’s retirees, some are negatively impacted by financial concerns or health problems. At the same time, there are growing differences between those who are enjoying retirement today and those who are thinking about what retirement might look like in the future.

We focus on the issues which face the UK and set out what needs to be done to address these challenges.

Retirement Report about our 2023 retirement report.
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Scottish Widows 2024 Women & Retirement Report

In this year’s report, our 20th year of tracking women’s retirement prospects, we show that active policy reforms including auto-enrolment and shared parental leave have helped to better set up women for retirement. Two fifths of women, however, are currently on track to face poverty in retirement compared to just over a third of men, so there is still work to do to close the gap.

Women & Retirement Report about our women and retirement report.
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2025 Responsibly Invested Pensions Report

Saving into a responsibly invested pension can be one of the simplest ways for people to help build a better future, shaping the kind of world we live in by supporting people and planet, and aiming to provide more resilient pensions too.

Scottish Widows’ Responsibly Invested Pensions Report explores views from employees, employers and financial advisers on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to better understand perceptions and priorities when it comes to investing responsibly.

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Scottish Widows Decumulation Report

Our new report ‘Decumulation: Understanding the Needs of the Nation’, shares the views of around 1,500 retirees and near-retirees towards accessing their pension savings.   

The report highlights what is most important to people in finding the retirement income proposition that is right for them, highlighting the forms of decision making support that people would ideally like, not all of which is available today. Using the industry-first Retirement Matrix Tool to map products, simplifying things to make the public debate more accessible.

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Investor Confidence Barometer 2023 Report

With insights from over 1,500 individuals, the Scottish Widows Investor Confidence Barometer provides a unique snapshot of how financial advisers, advised investors and non-advised investors are feeling about today's emerging industry issues. 

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