The Pensions Climate Risk Industry Group (PCRIG) has launched a consultation on the new guidance it is publishing for trustees. This guide is designed to help trustees meet existing legal obligations, when it...
The Treasury has released a consultation on the proposed timings for the effective replacement of the Retail Price Index, a move which will impact many pension schemes. This announcement came just ahead...
The Chancellor confirmed in today’s budget that he is raising the pension taper threshold to £200,000. It has previously been suggested that this threshold would be raised in order to ensure doctors...
Next week’s Budget will change the pension tax rules, according to reports, to ensure doctors — and other higher-paid public sectors workers — aren’t hit with tax bills for overtime. The Financial Times...
Hard-pressed staff having to make complicated decisions, fears of a mass exodus of senior workers, and a government scrambling to react. No, I’m not talking about the NHS taper debacle – which...
The Pensions Regulator has published a consultation on its proposals to revise the defined benefit funding code. The first stage of this consultation is seeking views on both the new 'twin track'...
Pension deficits among FTSE350 companies have increased significantly over the past month, due to market volatility. Mercer's latest Pensions Risk Survey shows the accounting deficit of the DB schemes from the 350...
The Society of Pension Professionals has appointed Fred Emden as its first chief executive. The SPP is a trade body, representing companies that advise and provide services to work-based pension schemes and...
KPMG has spun off its pensions advisory practice, which is now being launched as an independent consultancy, known as Isio. The division was bought out by Isio partners with backing from Exponent...
It is now five years since the introduction of pension freedom rules, but there is still widespread confusion about retirement options, particularly among the 50-plus age group. One in four savers (26...
