Since 2015 the Insolvency Service has successfully applied to the courts for 24 companies to be wound up due to ‘pension misuse’. This government agency said more than £202m was invested via these...
Actuarial and technology consultants, Buck have launched a new service for pension schemes looking to equalise Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) benefits. Following a high court ruling at the end of last year, all...
Smart Pension is taking the employers and members of Lighthouse Group’s Corporate Pensions Trust following the decision of its trustees not to apply for master trust authorisation. CPT’s decision not to apply...
Schroders says the chance of a general election or a second referendum, to break the Brexit deadlock and steer the UK away from a cliff-edge Brexit it predicts will create a recession...
A no-deal Brexit could lead to almost a 25 per cent fall in the value of UK equities, with European stocks falling by 10 per cent, according to MSCI. MSCI says a...
Rosie Fantom has been hired by Barnett Waddingham from Scottish Widows as a bulk annuity consultant to its corporate consulting team. Fantom was previously a senior manager at Scottish Widows where she...
A strike by GMB members working as Beefeaters and other staff for Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) at the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace has been suspended after the employer presented...
The Cost Transparency Initiative (CTI) – the body that will implement the findings of the Institutional Disclosure Working Group (IDWG) - has unveiled a range of industry figures as members of its...
Rules that legitimise age discrimination against magistrates should be overhauled as part of a broader rethink of attitudes to older workers, says former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann. Altmann has highlighted the...
A fifth of non-advised drawdown investors who are over age 55 and taking an income are unaware of the Money Purchase Annual Allowance (MPAA), according to new research. Figures from Canada Life...
