Yes. I learned about pensions very early on with a company I worked for where the previous owners had run off with the pension fund leaving many long-standing older employees with nothing. Due to this there was an ‘over-sharing’ of information and I learned a lot.
Also two of my school-mates had taken a year-out after university and worked for Aviva (then Norwich Union) and they had both opted out of SERPS and I did the same thinking that I could do a better job than the government at looking after my money, and at least I’d be in charge of my own destiny. Investing early, and throughout my career, is a key factor to having a healthy investment portfolio. It’s basically free money, so why wouldn’t you.
