Until the stress in the banking sector this spring, most analysts had missed how abrupt the coming downturn is likely to be. It will have three inter-related dimensions: first, an unexpectedly abrupt...
The number of people overtaxed on flexible pension withdrawals continues to soar, with latest HMRC figures showing rebates for the second quarter of this year were £8m higher than in the first...
Pension companies are calling for the government to urgently publish a ‘sensible and workable’ roadmap to implement the bumper package of pension reforms issued in the wake of the Chancellor’s Mansion House...
SPONSORED CONTENT Longer living with a focus on purpose The landscape of pension saving is changing. There’s a renewed focus on living a more meaningful life as we get older – building...
TPT Retirement Solutions has held 18 roundtable discussions with businesses interested in potential joining a multi-employer collective defined contribution (CDC) scheme. David Pitt-Watson, co-chair of the CDC Forum at the Royal Society...
The ability to inherit pension pots tax-free and draw them as income where the saver dies before age 75 will be removed under a rule change published by the Treasury yesterday. Contained in a...
Investors can now invest more easily in productive finance assets since the introduction of the innovative Long-Term Asset Funds (LTAFs). These are regulated open-ended investment vehicles designed to enable investors such as...
The headline rate of inflation fell last month, with prices rising by 7.9 per cent a year in June, according to the latest ONS figures. This is a significant fall on the...
The cost of living crisis does not seem to have had a negative impact on Group Income Protection (GIP) sales. And that includes SME business, with 90.4% of in-force policies being...
Aon has appointed Maria Johannessen to be its new UK head of investment. She replaces Tim Giles who has left the company after 25 years. Johannessen has been with Aon for a...
