Hymans Robertson has appointed Paula Haughton and Harry Allen to its risk transfer team. Haughton joins from XPS's Risk Transfer team where she specialised in assisting customers in achieving successful whole-scheme buy-ins...
The Labour Party has confirmed it would reinstate a lifetime allowance on pensions if it were to win the next election, reversing one of the key announcements in yesterday’s Budget. Speaking this...
The pensions industry has welcomed Jeremy Hunt’s shock decision to scrap the lifetime allowance on pensions, enabling people to save unlimited sums in these tax-efficient savings plans. However, the Budget small print...
The government will publish a consultation on unlocking capital from defined contribution (DC) pension schemes in the Autumn Statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed today in his Budget speech. Citing the government-supported bail-out...
Tax-free cash will not be given assets above the current £1,073,100 lifetime allowance, for the first time breaking the principal that 25 per cent of all pension assets can be paid out...
The Chancellor has announced two consultations on the role of occupational health in the workplace, fuelling speculation that taxation or benefit in kind rules could be changed for certain health interventions. He...
Jeremy Hunt has abolished the lifetime allowance in today’s Budget, as part of a range of measures designed to keep older employees in the workforce. The lifetime allowance, which was previously just...
The runners and riders for the provider categories of the Corporate Adviser Awards 2022 have been announced (see below), as the countdown to the awards ceremony on Thursday 29th June begins. Providers...
Karl Bennett, wellbeing director at employee benefits provider Vivup, has been elected to serve as the new chair of the Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) UK. He succeeds Eugene Farrell, AXA PPP...
Zedra has appointed Jon McKay to be its new global head of legal. In this new role McKay will be part of the senior management committee of the firm, providing legal support...
