Pensions

FINAL salary pension payments in the private sector failed to keep pace with inflation last month for the first time since the latest indexation rules were introduced in 1997, according to Towers...

Burns: Access to solutions BLUEFIN and Redington have created an investment consulting offering for the smallto medium-sized pensionscheme.Bluefin will access Redington’s Asset Liability Management (ALM), risk analytics and capital marketsexpertise through a...

CAPITA Hartshead Actuarial and Consultancy Services is linking up with Partnership, the impaired life provider, to help individuals with low-value DC pension accounts access a wider range of annuities.The arrangement is designed...

The number of Britons claiming state pension has risen by almost one million in just five years, according to figures from the Office for NationalStatistics.Britain’s ageing population means that there were 12.45m...

Johnson Fleming is launching a new administration platform designed to support employers in dealing with the raft of new pensionsrequirements over the next few years. Called inform+equip, the service proposition provides the...

The FSA is believed to be planning to release the next set of rules on how the Retail Distribution Review will apply to the corporate market at the end of this month....

72 per cent of charity workers believe investment in companies that operate responsibly is an important pensions attribute. Young people feel more strongly about ethical investing than other age groups, according to...

THE gap between individuals’ expectations and reality of retirement income has increased by 50 per cent since 2004, according to research by Hewitt Associates. Based on data from a survey of 2,000...

Duncan Smith and Webb: Nest will not be put on hold THE Conservative/LibDem coalition has confirmed that the earnings link for basic state pension will be restored from April 2011, and that...

Groom: “We can reward clients without compromising quality” AXA PPP healthcare has introduced a lower cost medical insurance plan for larger sized employers that cuts around 15 per cent off the level...