Retirement idea of retirement is of recent origin, being introduced during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Previously, low life expectancy and the absence of pension arrangements meant that most workers continued to work until death. Germany was the first country to introduce retirement benefits in 1889. Nowadays, most developed countries have systems to provide pensions on retirement in old age, which may be sponsored by employers or the state. In many poorer countries, support for the old is still mainly provided through the family. Today, retirement with a pension is considered a right of the worker in many societies,
Pensions Expert Pensions Expert Pensions Expert is a specialist publication in the United Kingdom for the UK workplace pensions industry and is published by the "Financial Times". It was established in January 1997. "Pensions Expert" was originally launched by FT Magazines as Pensions Week in January 1997. Its launch editor was Andrew Michael, former editor of headlinemoney. It was the first news-led title to cover the UK pensions industry. In 2008 it became part of the Financial Publishing division of the Financial Times, which includes other financial publications such as "The Banker", "Investors Chronicle", "Money Management" and "fDi Magazine". The FT re-launched