I'm considering retiring when I reach 55, in 18 months' time. My company private pension, which is a defined benefit scheme, offers an option of something called a 'stepped' pension. This involves ...

After a recent job loss, I'm unfulfilled in my new role and considering retiring in January 2025 at age 55. My wife, 56, works part-time and we'll switch to her health insurance next summer until she ...

Are you one of the many employees being offered early retirement who are still years away from their Minimum Retirement Age (MRA) which is age 57 if you were born in 1970 or later? If so, you may be ...

The average retirement age in the U.S. was 62 in 2023, but that number's been slowly ticking up over time. Rising life expectancies and rising costs, coupled with incomes and Social Security benefits ...

It can be a bit of a tricky tightrope walk to retire alongside one’s partner if there’s a significant age gap. In this piece, we’ll examine the case involving a 12-year age gap. The individual, 55, ...

There's low-cost living, and then there's the freegan-living millionaire featured in this edition of The Next Step, Financial Planning's newest series. The series explores one simple question: What's ...