Pensions

Therese Coffey is the new secretary of state for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), following the resignation by Amber Rudd at the weekend.  Coffey becomes the seventh minister to hold...

Scottish Widows has launched its standard annuity to the open market as it also publishes research showing 56 per cent of advisers say they often see clients underestimating how long they will...

The Pensions Regulator is prosecuting a business owner for failing to give up-to-date pension information regarding the various companies he runs. TPR says there are allegations that staff working for Vincent Bootes...

Nest, Smart Pension, The People’s Pension and Universities Superannuation Scheme have all publicly backed the Cost Transparency Initiative as a means for improving costs and charges measurement. The four master trust providers...

The fierce debate about the issues of pension transfers from defined benefit schemes shows no sign of abating. There is general agreement that problems emerged in the wake of the pension freedoms, launched...

XPS Pensions Group has promoted Ben Gold to the role of head of investment. The previous head of investment Patrick McCoy has been promoted to the new role of head of advisory...

Autoenrolment.co.uk Master Trust (Smart Pension) and the Lewis Workplace Pension Trust are the latest two master trusts to achieve authorisation, the Pensions Regulator has confirmed. This brings the total number of master trusts to...

LEBC Group has agreed with the FCA to stop advising on transfers out of defined benefit schemes, raising questions over adviser capacity to implement transfer exercises. A statement from LEBC says it...

Caroline Rookes, the former CEO of the Money Advice Service, has been appointed as the first interim chair of The Pensions Ombudsman Prior to her spell at the MAS Rookes was director...

Over the past couple of years, the number of pension schemes mentioning environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, when talking about their investment strategies, has rocketed. It’s arguably been the biggest topic...