Pensions

With just 3 per cent of employers reaching their auto-enrolment staging date so far, next year will see a deluge of small businesses talking about employee benefits for the first time. So...

Transparency issues have become even more prominent since the controversial departure of Investment Association head Daniel Godfrey. John Greenwood reports According to the FT’s personal finance editor, Claer Barrett, Daniel Godfrey’s crime...

The Government’s ‘aggressive timetable’ for the pooling of Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) investments demands ‘heroic efforts’ of authorities, which should not rush into infrastructure investments that are currently too expensive say...

The Chancellor’s auto-enrolment contribution increase delay points to the end of the system of tax relief on pensions as we know it says the Association of Consulting Actuaries. ACA says the decision...

Increases in auto-enrolment contributions have been pushed back by six months, meaning the full combined 8 per cent of contributions will not be mandatory until April 2019. The move was outlined in...

The full rate of the single-tier pension will start at £155.65 from April 2016, the Chancellor has confirmed in today’s Autumn statement. Chancellor George Osborne told the House of Commons that nest...

Towers Watson’s LifeSight is the latest scheme to achieve master trust assurance framework accreditation. LifeSight achieved the accreditation, developed by the Pensions Regulator and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales...

Less than half of pension schemes have a preferred drawdown solution in place or are currently developing one, according to Aon’s latest DC survey, even though its research with Cass Business School...

The government is playing down reports that it is considering a pause in auto-enrolment, saying its contingency plans are standard practice for any major government policy initiative. The move comes in response...

UK retiree household income has increased by 77 per cent in real terms over the last 20 years, compared to just 49 per cent for non-retirees. The gap between retirees and workers...