Pensions

At the start of 2020, it could be said we are living in interesting times. Over the past couple of decades, society has come a long way and while the pace of...

The Pensions Climate Risk Industry Group (PCRIG) has launched a consultation on the new guidance it is publishing for  trustees. This guide is designed to help trustees meet existing legal obligations, when it...

The rate at which individuals are using pension freedoms to access their pension funds continues to surprise official forecasters, bringing the Treasury an extra £400m a year, according to papers published alongside...

The Treasury has released a consultation on the proposed timings for the effective replacement of the Retail Price Index, a move which will impact many pension schemes.  This announcement came just ahead...

The industry has welcomed the chancellor’s announcement that there will be a 'call for evidence' into pensions tax relief administration, which will cover the ‘net pay anomaly’. However, some providers have called...

The increase in the minimum wage — now called the National Living Wage — announced in today’s Budget, should see more money heading into auto-enrolment pension funds. Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, confirmed that...

The Chancellor confirmed in today’s budget that he is raising the pension taper threshold to £200,000. It has previously been suggested that this threshold would be raised in order to ensure doctors...

Smarterly, the workplace savings fintech, has appointed Troy Clutterbuck as managing director. He was previously CFO and then CEO at Now:Pensions and prior to this was CFO at JLT Employee Benefits where...

Nest has updated its investment strategy for members aged 60 and over, offering a new retirement fund for those looking to keep their money invested beyond retirement.  This ‘guided retirement fund’ is...

Smart Pension has acquired Welplan Pensions Master Trust. Welplan currently provides pensions for around 1,800 employers and has 55,000 individual members in its master trusts, with aggregate funds of around £200m. However last...