Pensions

The future of the personal accounts project has never been in greater doubt than now. Whether that is a good or bad thing depends on how much of a competitor the state-sponsored...

The impact of the recession is arguably most notably reflected in the proposals to freeze civil servants’ pay and curb bankers’ bonuses. Closer to home we have seen changes to pension tax...

Martin Palmer Head of Corporate Pensions Marketing, Friends ProvidentThe alarm being raised over pensions is only half the story about the state of the nation’s savings. It is estimated that nearly 5.3m...

Over the past couple of months I have been involved in an increasing number of conversations with advisers who are questioning their ability to provide advice to individuals based on an income...

Reading is good for you. In the five minutes you take to read this article, it is probable that your life expectancy will increase by about a minute.Working is good for you....

Personal accounts is never out of the pensions press. But the latest spat between Conservative pensions shadow Nigel Waterson and DWP pensions minister Angela Eagle over the length of the implementation programme...

It takes a brave person to forecast the outlook for the corporate pensions market, as ongoing regulatory reviews and proposed reform are creating a dense fog over the sector’s future. But few...

Every so often fund management companies come up with a new wheeze - some simply fade away, while others stand the test of time.Around four years ago, some people in the fund...

Administration expenses are the major cost for group risk products in international flex schemes, but a new wave of techno-friendly insurers, particularly those from the Continent, should result in these being dramatically...

Commodities became a hot investment area in the post-dot.com boom thanks to rising demand from emerging markets - spearheaded by the seemingly insatiable China. Anticipated supply shortages caused by a previous lack...