International Women's Day: An ideal retirement?

There is currently a year-long celebration of Oscar Wilde plays at the Vaudeville Theatre in the West End of London. Wilde's themes of an unfair society, the inequity of power between men and women and hypocritical sexual moralities may be about life one hundred years ago, however, rather sadly, they seem just as strong and present today. With these in mind, it is perhaps no great surprise that women face greater challenges when it comes to saving for their retirement. Last year, Prudential's research (the Retirement Income Gender Gap) found that a woman retiring in 2017 expects to ha...