Pensions

The goal of bridging the advice gap is to secure the financial wellbeing of more people in the UK. If we are to stand a chance of making any headway in achieving...

Two out of three advisers say their main role at present is providing reassurance and support to clients rather than recommending specific financial products or strategies.  Research by Royal London found that...

The aggregate surplus of defined benefit schemes continued to increase through April, rising from a surplus of £359.3 billion at the end of March to £378.6 billion, according to the latest industry...

Copia Capital Management has launched what it describes as the first decumulation portfolio strategy purpose-built to work in conjunction with a guaranteed income solution. The guaranteed income asset is delivered by Just...

Don’t laugh but I think a row over how much we are allowed to save into pensions might just decide the next election. Ok, maybe it won’t be pensions themselves that hold...

When a Chancellor of the Exchequer really wants to pull a rabbit out of the hat, they often turn to pensions. In this year’s Budget, Jeremy Hunt did not disappoint, reducing the...

Standard Life is launching a new retirement section to its master trust, aimed at employers and trustees of single or own-trust schemes.  This will enable single-trust schemes to offer more comprehensive at...

There are misgivings among pension consultants regarding pension consolidators in the retail market. The most commonly cited concern is the potential for higher charges in any consolidated plan outside of the workplace...

The Pensions Regulator is writing to trustees at hundreds of pension funds asking them to ensure members' information has not been compromised following a data hack at scheme administrator Capita. Capita —...

The pensions industry has been grumbling for some time now about what’s next for automatic enrolment. There’s no disputing the fact that it’s been a great success.  By “the end of November...