Pensions

 In fewer than 600 days, the UK will host the Olympic Games for the first time in more than 60 years. Preparations will continue until the Olympic torch lights up the Games....

The Answers HAVING marched us up to the top of the hill and created confusion in the pensions industry, the Government has now marched us back down again. The Government really underestimated...

Consumer and pensioner groups have welcomed the Treasury’s plan to free up access to pension cash, while those charged with managing pensions are more concerned with the potential problems that will arise.Any...

SAVERS have no idea how to fund their retirement in the face of changes to the UK’s pensions system, a study has revealed.Most Britons would like to stop working at 63 if...

ATP, THE Danish public pension provider, is in talks with employers and pension administration providers with a view to launching a UK offering.The provider says regulatory changes would be needed for it...

CHARGES and poorer fund management are costing UK pension investors half their retirement income, according to a new report by RSA.Management charges are swallowing 40 per cent of the value of pension...

THOMSONS Online Benefits has seen its revenue grow to £22m a year in the decade since it was founded by Michael Whitfield and Chris Bruce.Speaking on the 10th anniversary of the company’s...

 Webb: Assured civil service pensioners THE GOVERNMENT has pulled back from a plan to introduce an override that would allow schemes with RPI hard-wired into their terms and conditions to replace the...

Cole: “The redress package is significant news” THE FINANCIAL Services Authority has fined Scottish Equitable £2.8m for causing significant consumer detriment through poor administrative procedures.Scottish Equitable, which now trades under the Aegon...

UK INVESTORS are losing an average of 1.2 percentage points a year because of market timing errors, according to new research from Cass Business School.The study, which was compiled by Andrew Clare...