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How To Retire Rich

23 April 2012
In this week’s episode:

David Kuo chats with pension expert Tom McPhail from Hargreaves Lansdown about the changing face of personal pensions. They look at the demise of defined benefit schemes, criticisms over defined contribution schemes, and the prospects for the newly proposed defined ambition schemes. Tom also explains the steps we can take to ensure we can retire in comfort.

 

A transcript of this podcast is also available.

David Kuo and Tom McPhail
David Kuo and Tom McPhail

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SwaziGold 24 Apr 2012 , 1:43pm

really excellent podcast - thank you Motley Fool!
Tom is clearly an expert on pensions, and it was insightful to hear his views, esp as 36 year old with 30 odd years to go before retirement.
Good to be warned that know I cant trust my Govt or my employer to sort out my pension. Got to do it myself.
Fool on!
Swazi Gold

TMFDragon 25 Apr 2012 , 10:02am

Hi SwaziGold

Tom is very good. It's always a pleasure to him on Money Talk.

I have very low expectations of any government to look after the interest of people. Politicians only care about votes.

Keep putting money away for your retirement and keep an eye on your investments to ensure they are generating the right returns for you.

Regards

David

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