Demographic Time Bomb Threatens Pensions in Europe
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With fewer young people to work and pay taxes, the cost of looking after older people with state pensions becomes ever more prohibitive.
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Thousands of German workers took part in protests Tuesday against a government plan to raise the retirement age to 67, the country's biggest industrial union said.Comment
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Nearly a quarter of people fail to save anything for their retirement, a survey from Scottish Widows suggests.
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Almost half of the states may have to choose in the years ahead between their pension obligations and other public programs.
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Despite an uptick in the birthrate, the country is still heading for demographic disaster
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The British government proposed a major overhaul of the state pension system Thursday, saying that it wants to increase the retirement age to avert a funding crisis as people live longer and have fewer children.
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British Legion poster campaign tackles political controversy over pensions for families.
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ANOTHER strong sign that the chance of many of us avoiding the pensions crisis by relying on eventually cashing in our homes may be a chimera.
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Final salary pension schemes' finances have been dented by the credit crunch, the Pension Protection Fund says.
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The voluntary approach to work-based pensions is in the "last chance saloon", a government-sponsored report warns.
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In the standoff between retirement savings and college savings, retirement wins.
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Europe's declining population will leave its armed forces facing a serious manpower shortage in 20 years, forcing governments to shrink their armies, develop more robot weapons or outsource military tasks, according to a report.
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If you're not prepared, inflation can ruin your retirement.
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A survival guide for Boomers disrupted by death, divorce or financial difficulty.
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Millions face poverty in old age without radical reforms, analysts expect a politically sensitive report on Britain&#39;s creaking pensions system to say today.
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Germany is grappling with an unexpected  consequence of the industrialized world's aging population: how  to integrate its immigrant pensioners.
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Finland, the European country with the most rapidly aging population, has succeeded in convincing its workers to delay retirement, setting an example for the rest of Europe.