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UK pension performance among worst in developed world

The UK pension conundrum continues to gather pace The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reports that the bad performance of UK workplace pension funds was only outdone by the US and Spain. Alternative Investments (often held in a SIPP) offer many advantages over traditional pensions such as flexibility, diversification potential and sheer investment choice. British savers have suffered bigger losses from their workplace pension in the last decade than virtually every other nation in the developed world, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has said. The international think tank warned that the poor performance of British… continue reading

June 14, 2012