The pensions industry has been highly critical about plans floated by the government to allow first-time buyers to use pension savings for a house deposit. This suggestion was made by the pension...
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) is calling for the establishment of a new regulatory framework to help savers with the complex decisions they face accessing their pension at retirement. The...
The Cardano Group has appointed Emma Hill to the newly created role of group brand and marketing director. Cardano runs a number of pension companies including Now: Pensions and Lincoln Pensions in...
Many smaller single trust pensions could face problems switching to a master trust structure in the second half of this year, due to the volume of transfers being carried out. Investment consultants...
Future pension reform could see further divergence between DC and DB pension regimes, with a reduction in higher rate tax relief on DC pensions only, but greater flexibility in regards to access. ...
The government is considering allowing trustees to ‘smooth’ performance charges over a longer time frame to help DC schemes invest in more illiquid assets, such as infrastructure. Speaking at Corporate Adviser’s virtual...
We’ve often been led to believe that pension scheme members are only interested in the return on their investment, not about how their money is invested. On the contrary, recent survey data...
‘Nudge’ tactics could boost the pensions of younger savers by up to £142,000, according to new research. Scottish Widows and the Behavioural Insights Team, a leading behavioural science organisation, researched the key...
The Department of Work & Pension has set up a taskforce to address the issue of small pension pots that are proliferating within workplace pensions. The move has been welcomed by the...
The lower paid could opt out of workplace pensions, but still receive financial contributions from their employer, under radical industry proposals to reform the auto-enrolment system. The industry-body TISA (the Investing and...
