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Ageing populations present opportunities as well as risks for equity investors
UK retirement age is rising as is demand for extended home loan terms
Employees rank European companies on diversity of gender, ethnicity, age, disability and sexual orientation. Plus: City calls for ethnicity pay gap reporting; Spanish group takes lead on disability; class disadvantage in the workplace
Employees and workplace experts are invited to complete a short survey to assess companies’ progress on inclusivity — by June 12
Despite popular disquiet, a weak currency is good for corporate Japan
Our obsession with youth, tech and flexibility is leading to a loss of institutional memory and experience
Population trends are too complicated to be categorised as economic destiny but neither can they be ignored
The existing norms and expectations of our later decades need updating for the age of longevity
The real divide in British politics is still about who owns assets
Covid brought a 21st century trend of a greying workforce to a standstill and that’s a problem
Many female colleagues decided to ditch the dye during the pandemic
The clever businesses will provide the best choice, digital and analogue, for older customers
There is no changing the destination, but we can take longer to get there
FT research shows that demographic trends mean the government will be under far less pressure to raise taxes
Lower levels of childbirth among twenty-somethings ‘likely to continue’, data show
Gradual increase leads to 55,000 more remaining in work, with those living in poorer areas more likely to work for longer
Lucy Kellaway on an unspoken prejudice — and a puzzling discrimination against our future selves
ONS revises its forecasts on life expectancy
ONS forecasts deaths will surpass births two decades earlier than expected marking demographic shift
Falling birth rate means 40,000 fewer citizens turned 20 last year than the previous year
Anti-ageing studies could have wide benefits if they can reduce years of ill health
Japan in 1989 anyone?
The government’s response to immediate pressures on the system is inadequate and indefensible
Older pensioners can benefit from out-of-favour retirement instruments
Many workers often struggle to find or keep a job despite EU and UK employment legislation
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