Pensions

A massive 98 per cent of advisers believe that SSASs should not be banned, as proposed by The Pensions Regulator, but subject to tighter controls instead, according to a poll carried out...

‘Good returns’ are considered the top attribute of DC pensions while charges are not front of mind, a survey of 15,000 members has found. The survey, conducted for independence governance committees (IGCs)...

Transfers into Nest will be remain subject to a 0.3 per cent charge and the provider will be blocked from competing in the decumulation space, it has been confirmed. Nest retains the...

Click here to see the Book of the Night from the Corporate Adviser Awards 2017. Capita Employee Benefits walked away with the title Corporate Adviser Firm of the Year 2017 and also...

At-retirement growth rate projections used by insurers and Sipp providers vary widely, with some projecting 5 per cent returns on cash and others using 9 per cent projections for overseas equities, a...

Almost half of FTSE 100 companies enrol more staff into DC pensions than they are legally required to, with 46 per cent going beyond auto-enrolment rules, while more than nine out of...

Aon Hewitt, Mercer and Willis Towers Watson have submitted a joint response to the FCA’s Asset Management Market Study Interim Report, proposing a number of measures to improve competition and transparency in...

The DB Green Paper proposal to allow stressed schemes to reduce or suspend inflation increases could cut transfer values by up to 36 per cent, Xafinity has warned. The consultancy says a...

Almost one in six parents worry they may have to turn to their children for financial support in retirement, research from MetLife shows. A poll of 1,141 over-40s found 16 per cent...

A probability-based approach to retirement income still has its place, but pension freedoms mean a safety-first model is more important than ever says LV= head of sales and market Steve Lewis The...