Royal London’s Independent Governance Committee has persuaded the provider to reduce charges on legacy customers by £15m. In what is believed to be the first publically available Independent Governance Committee report, the...
The FCA is investigating six life insurers over concerns that customers may not have been informed they had paid exit charges on exiting a policy. The regulator says the six firms –...
Employees will have to work beyond the age at which they are physically capable if they rely on auto-enrolment contribution rates for a decent retirement income says Steve Webb, Director of policy,...
Older workers Almost half of employers currently have no strategy in place to manage an ageing workforce, with a quarter not anticipating an increased demand for part time work from their older...
Workers should double their pension contributions and hybrid drawdown/annuity products should be given safe harbour, according to a far-reaching review of retirement income carried out for the Labour Party. The report –...
Corporate Adviser editor John Greenwood looks at how the political calendar will influence the pension tax relief debate. While the nation has, in the Brexit debate, a single preoccupying subject to examine...
By Fiona Tait, Pension Specialist Royal London firmly believes in the value delivered to clients by financial advisers, not just for one-off events but on an ongoing basis. This is a position...
By Jamie Clark, Business Development Manager We take a look at the Pensions Regulator’s latest auto enrolment compliance bulletin and the lessons that can be learned from it. With up to half...
Scottish Widows has today announced that it will be removing all exit fees across its workplace pensions, allowing customers the freedom to switch to another product or provider if they wish to...
The impact of a Brexit for the wider economy is uncertain, but a negative effect on the financial services sector is more likely says Stephanie Flanders, chief market strategist for Europe, JP...
