Pensions

Fears over the future solvency of defined benefit pensions is fuelling high demand for transfer advice say advisers. Research from Momentum Pensions shows 63 per cent of advisers are worried about the...

The latest deal in the rapidly consolidating employee benefits consultant sector is last week’s acquisition by Aon of Warwick-based firm Portus Consulting. The firm was founded by Stuart Gray in 2003 and...

Concerns over competition throughout the value chain of the £500bn platform sector are at the heart of the FCA’s market study, the terms of reference of which were published today. The FCA...

Cyber-attacks against FCA-regulated bodies have grown more than 15-fold in three years. Is your firm prepared for a hack attack asks Altus consultant Sam Turner Imagine yourself as the widely stereotyped hacker....

Former pensions minister Steve Webb has slammed as ‘outrageous’ Government plans to reinstate the cut in the MPAA relief from April 2017. Treasury Minister Mel Stride has today confirmed that the Government...

Employers and beneficiaries of employee benefit trusts can expect to be pursued for tax by HMRC following last week's court victory over Rangers FC, and should settle immediately, says a leading accountancy...

Prince and ease of use are more important than brand for UK investors choosing a robo-adviser, a global survey of attitudes to digital advice has found. Legg Mason’s 2017 Global Investment Survey found...

Pro-EU former education minister Nicky Morgan has been named chair of the Treasury Select Committee, defeating a field of other MPs including Brexiteer and potential Tory leadership candidate Jacob Rees-Mogg. The appointment...

Same-sex partners can no longer be paid less from pension funds saved by their partner, the Supreme Court has decided today. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the husband of 66-year-old John...

MPs are expected to decide today who will take over the influential role of chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, prompting transparency campaigners to highlight the need for completely independent oversight of...