Pensions

The Budget rubber-stamped changes to income tax and National Insurance (NI) first announced by Gordon Brown last year. The main changes, which take effect from April 2008, are the 10 per cent...

In last month's Budget Darling confirmed that the rate of CGT is to switch to a flat rate of 18 per cent and the annual limit that employees can earn from a...

The Treasury has relaxed its approach to offshore trusts and the introduction of double taxation relief which means non-doms will now not be taxed twice on the same income and capital gains.Non-doms...

The pensions and financial services firm is calling on the FSA to order that pension transfers from final salary schemes on a direct offer or execution only basis are not appropriate.In a...

The new charge shapes give advisers and their clients more flexibility in determining the level of advice required and how it is paid for.Until now Aegon's group Sipp could only be sold...

The near-constant state of change faced by corporate intermediaries can at times feel bewildering. Whether it is the rearrangement of the regulatory landscape for advice, or the pulling of the rug from...

Standard Life's Attitudes to Healthcare survey, also found that three in 10 small business bosses believe they should be directly involved in supporting their employees' health and wellbeing.The research found 77 per...

The arrangement follows a strategic review by Nationwide of its AVC deposit service and a decision to withdraw AVC accounts from its current product range.Prudential has received a positive response from the...

Respondents to this year's survey are divided 50/50 over the value of their DB schemes. Half of the 123 respondents did not see their scheme as worth it, being too expensive to...

The improvements include cover for hormone replacement therapy, treatment of allergies, increased benefit levels for maintenance of chronic conditions and extended cover for restorative dental treatment.The insurer has also added cover for...