Weekly Round-Up – Friday 9th December 2016

Happy Friday, readers! It’s time to catch up.

Here are some of the things that we covered at Informed Choice this week.

On the blog this week

New research has found nearly a third of individuals over 65 have some of their income linked to the stock market. Should risk averse retirees be relying on income drawdown?

According to Azad Zangana, Senior European Economist & Strategist at Schroders, the Italian referendum result will increase pressure on the European Central Bank to maintain stimulus.

A fairly common we answer for our clients is, how much do I need to retire? Is £2m the new £1m pension pot?

The latest podcast episodes

Michael Fotis is founder of Smart Money People and he’s on a mission to deliver real change in financial services by leveraging the power of its unique customer insight.

Adam Piplica is organiser of Money Life Live, a new event for people who may not have ever considered meeting with a financial planner before, but want more out of life.

In episode 146 of Informed Choice Radio, Martin reviews Dave Ramsey’s seven baby steps to financial freedom.