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Retirement readiness in the US, Australia and the UK: join the webinar 

Open-access content Wednesday 6th September 2017 — updated 5.50pm, Wednesday 29th April 2020

On 12 October at 15:00 GMT and 10:00 EST, the IFoA will be hosting a joint webinar with the American Academy of Actuaries to promote the results of their survey on retirement readiness in the US, Australia and the UK.

On 12 October at 15:00 GMT and 10:00 EST, the IFoA will be hosting a joint webinar with the American Academy of Actuaries to promote the results of their survey on retirement readiness in the US, Australia and the UK. The report looks at how prepared citizens in all three countries are for retirement by considering factors such as financial education, default options and reliance on the state pension and how these can encourage or dissuade adequate savings. If you would like to find out more, visit bit.ly/2fImtTF 

This article appeared in our September 2017 issue of The Actuary .
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