TPR is prosecuting national recruitment firm Workchain Ltd, as well as its directors and some of its senior staff on the suspicion that they illegally opted employees out of their pension scheme....
The code, which is out for consultation until May 8, outlines how master trusts will be expected to meet the new authorisation criteria and what they will need to evidence for TPR...
Figures from the joint FCA and the Pensions Regulator paper Regulating the pensions and retirement income sector : Our strategic approach show that on average, people using drawdown are taking an annual income of...
Publishing new rules on pension transfer advice, the FCA has launched a consultation seeking views on additional changes, including adviser charging structures. In June 2017, the FCA proposed changes to the rules...
A poll of 691 senior decision makers by Now: Pensions found 28 per cent did not know contributions are increasing, and 42 per cent were unaware of the scale of the increase....
Controlled research of over 2,000 people carried out by Oxera and the Centre for Experimental Social Sciences (CESS), found a clear correlation between the choices people make and their knowledge of the...
Freeman, who spent four years as a senior DC consultant responsible for online engagement in Capita’s employee benefit department and before that three years as a director at JLT, has been appointed...
The checklist of factors a consultant or adviser must weigh up when deciding whether a scheme or provider is delivering value for money is a lengthy one. Is cheapest always best? Are...
The report from the Office of National Statistics earlier this year showing a further fall in the overall level of pension saving in defined contributions schemes made for depressing reading. It may...
With both The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) turning the heat up on workplace pensions, the issue of value for money has never been higher up the agenda. As...
