DC pensions could be well-placed to support modern flexible retirement needs and should no longer been seen as inferior to DB provision. This was one of the key messages of a presentation...
Auto-enrolment sounds easy - all you have to do is make a monthly payroll deduction and pay for an off-the-shelf pension scheme. You don’t even need to run it yourself. Just don’t...
Former pensions minister and LCP partner Steve Webb has labelled the recent Budget a catastrophe for auto-enrolment by blocking the next step towards increasing contributions. Webb was speaking at the Corporate Adviser...
The Government’s plan to set a minimum size requirement for multi-employer DC funds could face a challenge on grounds of discrimination against religious groups. Chancellor Rachel Reeves used her Mansion House speech...
SPONSORED CONTENT Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/episode/08ST0C1GnsBT4T0k8IOOxH In recognition of Talk Money Week, have a listen to Robert Cochran and his colleagues, Rachel Proudfoot and Chris Smart from Scottish Widows, as they delve into...
SPONSORED CONTENT Talking about money and pensions makes sense and can make employees happier. Will pensions ever be something that people talk about routinely, perhaps over their lunch break, or over dinner...
The Department of Work and Pensions minister Sir Stephen Timms has reiterated that he would like to see the government set out a timetable to increase auto-enrolment contributions. His comments came at...
The IFS has called for auto-enrolment reforms, warning that a 1 per cent drop in pension returns could lead to over half of private sector workers undersaving, with 40 per cent missing...
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SPONSORED CONTENT We’ve seen lots of change since the launch of our first Retirement Report 20 years ago, with the introduction of auto enrolment being the biggest and most positive one. It...
