The Daily Telegraph guide to planning for your retirement - Niki Chesworth

With the problems of pension provision increasingly in the news, none of us can now afford to bury our heads in the sand and assume that somehow we'll have enough to live comfortably on in our old age. Planning is essential, and simply relying on the state can result in real poverty. In this book Niki Chesworth provides a comprehensive, completely up-to-date and very accessible guide to what you should do (and when), how to get advice and the pitfalls to avoid.

Areas covered include:

- pension options

- occupational and individual pensions

- how much you need to invest, and how early

- how to boost your pension-maximising your pension on retirement

- alternatives to pensions