October 2015
Featured in this insight: Financial services
Survey explores the ways people are saving for retirement: According to the findings of a survey, conducted on behalf of Aviva, the most popular method of saving money for retirement is through an employer pension schemes, closely followed by cash ISAs and ordinary bank or building society accounts.
Although, the survey did discover that 8 per cent of people are saving cash for their retirements in places such as piggy banks and as a result, are missing out on accruing any interest on their savings. A further 2 per cent of the survey’s respondents said that they have invested in art or antiques as a method of saving for retirement.
On the other hand, 7 per cent of people are investing in property to help fund their retirement. This figure rises to 11 per cent within the 35 to 44 age group. Recent figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed that the average price of a house in the UK is at a record high of £284,000.
However, investments can sometimes leave the individuals worse off, should the value of the investment decrease.
The survey findings – which were released to mark the launch of a new online platform by Aviva, aimed at customers who want to manage their investments themselves – were based on interviews of around 2,000 people aged between 18 and 65 years old.
Below is the full list of where the survey respondents claimed to be keeping their retirement money, according to the market research:
- Employer pension scheme – 29 per cent
- Cash ISA – 20 per cent
- Bank or building society account – 18 per cent
- Private pension fund – 15 per cent
- Cash savings – 8 per cent
- Stocks and shares ISA – 7 per cent
- Property investments – 7 per cent
- Stocks and shares (non-ISA) – 6 per cent
- Premium bonds – 6 per cent
- Antiques and artwork – 2 per cent
Source: Aviva.
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