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Facing up to longevity challenge...overseas... and at home

Open-access content Monday 30th November 2015 — updated 5.50pm, Wednesday 29th April 2020

Facing up to longevity challenge...overseas... and at home

The IFoA, in partnership with the American Academy of Actuaries and the Actuaries Institute Australia, has released a report that examines longevity risk in the three countries' retirement systems. The Challenge of Longevity Risk: Making Retirement Income Last a Lifetime highlights the need to better educate individuals and policymakers about the dangers of running out of money in retirement.

Read the report here: bit.ly/206Z106

… and at home
The IFoA has published a policy briefing in the UK on the importance of saving for retirement to raise awareness of the role that government, employers and the pensions industry need to take in developing strategies that encourage a greater level of pension saving.

Read the policy briefing here: bit.ly/1WP2ID1
This article appeared in our December 2015 issue of The Actuary .
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