Pensions

Roll forward five years, and the idea is back on the radar again, as can be seen from this report. So is this is any more likely to happen during the current parliamentary...

So what are the changes? The lifetime allowance will decrease from £1.25m to £1m Pension freedoms will be extended to those who have already bought an annuity The annual allowance will be...

The advisory firm says the aggregate value-at-risk of pension schemes of constituent companies in the FTSE 350 stands at £100bn, and adds that pension schemes that have a higher dependence on the...

Royal London says it will not comment on reports in the Financial Times that Webb is set to join the organisation, which it describes as ‘speculation’, but would not deny the appointment...

By Douglas Turnbull, Head of Chinese Equities After rallying around 150 per cent since the middle of 2014, mainland China’s ‘A Share’ market has corrected almost 35 per cent since mid-June.* Douglas...

By George Boyd-Bowman, Fund Manager at Neptune Many Western investors have long bemoaned the lack of a true dividend culture in Japan, claiming the corporate culture is not tilted in favour of...

The new figures, published today in The Pensions Regulator’s third annual auto-enrolment commentary and analysis show that a total of around 1.8 million small and micro employers will need to meet their...

The fact sheet details specific complex calculations for the treatment of contracted-out benefits across different time periods, including those in DB schemes between 1978/79 and 1996/97, DC schemes between 1988/89 and 1996/97,...

Target date funds are increasingly on the agenda both within and outwith the pensions context. This is because of the convenience they offer by providing an investment journey within a single fund. At...

The acquisition, announced in May, is expected to be 1 August. The Simplyhealth House property in Bristol is included in the transaction, which also sees all of Simplyhealth’s employees in the PMI...