Pensions

Three out of four HR and finance directors are looking to review their employee benefits package as a direct result of the Covid pandemic.  Speaking at a panel at the Corporate Adviser...

Future pension reform could see further divergence between DC and DB pension regimes, with a reduction in higher rate tax relief on DC pensions only, but greater flexibility in regards to access. ...

The government is considering allowing trustees to ‘smooth’ performance charges over a longer time frame to help DC schemes invest in more illiquid assets, such as infrastructure.  Speaking at Corporate Adviser’s virtual...

There is a growing expectation among pension experts that the government will introduce legislation to ensure larger scheme invest a proportion of assets in UK infrastructure. Such a move would be welcomed...

The state pension will be included in the first version of the pensions dashboard with the Department of Work and Pensions being one of the first data providers contributing to this project....

The Pension Protection Fund levy looks set to reduce during 2021/ 22 according to a consultation paper put out by the organisation.  This paper proposes a reduction in the overall levy to...

The Pension Policy Institute research paper on the sustainability of master trusts, made me ask two questions which I do not see addressed in the report. What about the customer? And why...

Royal London is bidding to take over fellow mutual financial services provider LV= in a deal estimated to be worth in excess af £500m, according to media reports. The tie-up would create...

We’ve often been led to believe that pension scheme members are only interested in the return on their investment, not about how their money is invested. On the contrary, recent survey data...

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