Pensions

There has been a dramatic recovery in UK dividends over the second quarter of this year, with payment up 51.2 per cent according to figures from Link Group.  This comes after a...

Smart Pension has appointed former Mercer DC investment strategist James Lawrence as head of investment proposition. Lawrence will develop and lead investment strategy for the Smart Pension Master Trust, which has £1.8bn...

Employee benefit consultancy Vested has joined forces with Husky, a specialist in AE administration, to provide employers with a comprehensive group pensions advisory and administration solution. Vested, part of the Embark Group,...

Kay Ingram has left LEBC to pursue a new venture as a personal finance commentator and broadcaster. Ingram, a qualified chartered financial planner, had been with LEBC for 18 years. She had...

Stoneport, the DB pension consolidator scheme from Punter Southall, has appointed Margaret de Valois as a new senior consultant. De Valois is a qualified actuary who has previously worked at Western Pensions,...

Moving to a flat rate of pensions tax relief would not significantly improve the retirement incomes of lower earners according to a new report from the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association. This...

SPONSORED CONTENT Cloud8, the digital employee benefits platform provider, has launched BRIDGE - a new provider panel available to all subscribers to the company’s BEAM at Work™ platform. Still in its infancy,...

New draft rules on the increase in normal minimum pension age from 55 to 57 introduce 'hideous complexity' to the pensions system, says Canada Life technical director Andrew Tully. The draft published...

LifeSight, Willis Towers Watson’s master trust, has appointed Howard Willams as its new trustee.  Williams replaces Shar Nebhrajani who stepped down at the end of June after serving two terms on LifeSight’s...

Hymans Robertson has appointed Leonard Bowman to the newly created role of head of corporate DB endgame strategy. Hymans said the creation of this role recognised the importance for companies with DB...