Pensions

I'm in - auto-enrolment The number of escalating penalty notices issued by The Pensions Regulator quadrupled in the first quarter of 2016, exposing small and micro employers to fines ranging from £50...

Aviva is the first GPP provider to come out and say it aims to be incorporated on The Pension Regulator’s approved auto-enrolment provider list. GPP providers have typically shied away from offering...

Thomas Smith, manager of the Neptune Latin America Fund Latin American equities have performed strongly so far in 2016, returning 27 per cent in sterling terms. Much of this move has been...

Trevor Greetham, RLAM’s head of multi asset, introduces the recently launched RL GMAPs. Asset allocation has become an increasingly difficult challenge for investors and advisers in the years since the financial crisis....

Andrew Warwick-Thompson, TPR The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is planning to publish a list of group personal pensions (GPPs) open to any employers seeking to comply with their automatic enrolment duties. The list will...

Ellipse CEO John Ritchie Ellipse has today announced the launch of an excepted life trust for its group life clients. It provides a trust wording suitable for excepted and single relevant life...

Employers could face future regulatory action if Lifetime Isa is offered alongside pension without the pros and cons of each being fully explained, trustees and HR professionals have been warned. Speaking at...

The number of defined benefit scheme members researching transfers through advisers has more than doubled since pension freedoms were introduced, according to pension and investment software provider Selectapension. The firm, which delivers...

Spence & Partners director Hugh Nolan has been elected the new president of the Society of Pension Professionals. Nolan’s presidency takes effect from 1 June 2016, succeeding Duncan Buchanan, a partner in...

Scottish Widows is bulk switching its workplace pension customers into a pension freedoms-friendly default fund, away from lifestyle defaults targeting annuity purchase. The provider will soon write to advisers of schemes with...