George Osborne’s long-term savings policy will add 3.7 per cent of GDP over the next fifty years, bringing short-term reductions in borrowing but costing the nation billions over the longer term. That...
Mercer’s move into utility switching offers the chance to deliver real benefit to employees – but utility switch deals also carry potential risks over disclosure of revenues and whether offers are table-topping....
One in eight employers missed their auto-enrolment staging date in the second quarter of 2016, putting themselves at risk of a fine, according to figures from Aviva. The provider says 12 per...
Tom McPhail, Hargreaves Lansdown State pension should be paid early to those in poor health, using underwritten annuity providers to deliver better value, Hargreaves Lansdown claims ahead of publication of the interim...
The Pensions Advisory Service, Pension Wise and the Money Advice service will be merged into a single public body offering debt advice, money and pensions guidance, the Treasury has confirmed. Ministers have...
Over 90 per cent of sponsoring employers support legal reforms that would allow defined benefit schemes to move to CPI indexation of benefits, research from the Association of Consulting Actuaries has found....
The new state pension is surprisingly generous for members of contracted-out final salary schemes says Barnett Waddingham senior consultant Malcolm McLean Royal London has issued a new leaflet explaining the various ways...
There are now more active savers in UK DC pension schemes than in DB pension schemes, according to recent stats from the Pensions Policy Institute. It also estimate that in just 15...
Royal London carried out a UK wide survey with 2,500 consumers age 35-44 over the summer. The survey found that over a third, 34 per cent, said their finances felt Squeezed and...
The Government’s Brexit department must decide how it wants to deal with the 80 pieces of EU legislation that relate to the insurance and long-term savings industry, the ABI has warned. The...
