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In this Budget speech Philip Hammond announced that he would be raising both the personal allowance, and this higher rate tax threshold in April 2019, a year earlier than the Conservative party...

It was the year David Hemery won the 400m hurdles Olympic gold medal, The Beatles released The White Album and a young Ron Wheatcroft joined an insurance company that was ultimately to become part of Swiss Re....

This research, by master trust provider Welplan Pensions, revealed a fluid auto-enrolment landscape, with small and medium sized businesses looking to change their pension provider if returns were poorer than expected, or...

The FCA will lead the consultation on whether rules should be changed to allow defined contribution schemes to invest in new technology and infrastructure assets. This consultation was revealed in the Autumn...

State Street Global Advisors has launched a new global ESG ‘low carbon’ fund. This will be a passive fund, based on the MSCI low carbon index target index. This new launch is...

The pensions industry has welcomed the chancellor’s Budget announcement that it is to bring forward the ban on pensions cold-calling. This issue has been under discussion for a number of years. Although...

There was no widespread shake-up of pensions tax relief in the Autumn Budget. There had been rumours that chancellor Philip Hammond may look to introduce a flat-rate of tax relief, but in...

He announced details of a new mental health crisis service as part of a 10-year plan for the NHS,  which will include a 24-hour hotline, mental health support provided in all A&E...

An estimated £6m of pension savers’ money was invested in exotic, high-risk investments which included eucalyptus farms, hotel rooms on an African island and car park bays. The TPR says such investments...

Johnson (pictured above) previously ran David Cameron’s Economic Competitive Policy Group and was instrumental in helping introduce the lifetime Isa in this role. He has also worked as a research fellow at...