Pensions

By Steve Webb, director of policy In my recent discussions with advisers, a hot topic has been the growing number of people interested in transferring their defined benefit pension rights into a...

Xafinity, Lifesight and L&G were handed the first Retirement Quality Mark (RQM) awards at the PLSA conference in Liverpool yesterday, in recognition of the quality of their at-retirement products. The RQM was...

Tech-based health and wellbeing looks like the next big thing, but do employers have the appetite to spend money on it post Brexit asks Broadstone director of corporate services Stephen Hackett Traditionally,...

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) is to undergo a comprehensive review of its governance to ensure it works on behalf of its members and all stakeholders, operates effectively and attracts...

Workplace pension investors who opted out of their default fund have achieved higher returns over the last five years and can be expected to do so over the longer term says Hargreaves...

Aegon, Aviva, Friends Life, Royal London and Standard Life have all been awarded gold standard status as workplace pension providers in F&TRC’s ratings. The ratings are designed to assist advisers and employers...

The Government has cancelled plans to introduce a secondary market for annuities because it cannot put in place sufficient consumer protections and because there would not be enough buyers to create a...

After George Osborne’s deeply political approach to Budgets and Autumn Statements, what can we expect from Philip Hammond’s first big performance next month? John Greenwood reports As the number two in a...

Avoiding the £28,000 cost of replacing employees is a key reason why UK SME bosses  see staff work/life balance as their top priority in 2017, according to new research from Axa PPP...

As the Government shifts responsibility for workplace health and protection to employers, the corporate adviser’s role will evolve into managing these risks on their behalf. John Greenwood hears how Employers, advisers and...