Prudential is launching a new pension account that facilitates saving and withdrawing from a pension without having to cash in or cancel the whole account. Called Retirement Account, the product is designed...
Nigel Aston, State Street State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has launched a £2bn tax transparent authorised contractual scheme (ACS) fund for Scottish Widows. The ACS is a tax transparent fund that enables...
The impending hike in insurance premium tax makes healthcare trusts considerably more attractive. But, asks Sam Barrett, is the increase enough to kick companies into action? The latest increase in insurance premium tax...
Pension freedoms and the trend away from secure income will lead towards more restrained spending as investors hedge against market downturns, the head of the Financial Conduct Authority has warned. In a...
The political crisis of the post-Brexit world means pensions professionals’ in-trays are full. Domestic and EU regulation is up in the air, markets are challenging DB schemes and annuity purchasers, and tax...
Interest rates are low. Bond yields, in some economies, are at negative levels. Simon Edelsten, manager of the Artemis Global Select fund, analyses which assets investors should now consider. Click here to...
‘Trivial commutation’ is the UK's most misunderstood pension term, with 97 per cent of pension scheme members not understanding what it means. Second most misunderstood is 'EPA' - effective pension age -...
We may have to wait for reliable ROI figures for employee wellbeing programmes but that does not mean best practice is not evolving quickly. Edmund Tirbutt reports Anyone who doubts that employee...
Defaults with unhedged equity exposure have outshone dynamic asset allocation peers since Brexit. But David Rowley sees little consensus on where defaults go from here A media headline that says ‘Your pension...
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association has launched the Retirement Quality Mark (RQM), a new kitemark fordecumulation products. The PLSA says the RQM will build on existing guidance and act as an...
