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Trustees are optimistic about the progress being made on GMP equalisation with more than half (55 per cent) expecting to be making pensions in payment on an equalised basis by the end...

Employers are being warned that they are obliged to provide free eye-teste for employers, regardless of whether they are working at home or in the office, as evidence suggests there has been...

Flat fees on workplace pensions will be banned for sub £100 pots under a government review that could see a single charge structure become law. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)...

One in four people would increase pension contributions if they understood tax relief better, according to new research. The survey by Royal London found that a significant proportion of people do not...

The UK’s largest companies have ploughed £200bn into their DB schemes since 2007 to avoid a drop in funding levels. However despite this large sum, pension consultants LCP say most of this...

The US-based pension scheme the Service Employees International Union Master Trust has failed in a bid to get State Street to undertake a racial equity audit, but 36.8 per cent of shareholders...

The Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) has released proposals to that would extend the exemption from Capital Gains Tax enjoyed by divorcing couples and civil partners. A report from the OTS proposes extend...

Sarah Hughes has been appointed to the role of head of strategic clients at Axa Health, where she will support large corporates and their advisers. She will report to Axa Health director for corporate Soraya...

BQI Protection has launched a strategic partnership with the Financial Intermediary Broker Association (FIBA) for the referral of business protection customers. The partnership will enable FIBA members to refer their clients for...

Pension transfers have dropped by almost a quarter since last September with the proportion of transfers with scam red flag warnings increasing to 59 per cent of all cases. XPS's Transfer Watch...