Pensions

Altmann, who is expected to be made a baroness, giving her a seat in the House of Lords, is joined in the Department for work of pensions by secretary of state Iain...

His deep knowledge of the subject matter, analytical mind and willingness to engage with the industry set him apart from pretty much all of the predecessors that passed through the revolving door...

The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, sees nearly all of Simplyhealth’s 390 Bristol employees transfer to Axa PPP Healthcare under a TUPE arrangement, as well as addition to a small...

Governing concerns For Alan Pickering, the new pensions regime is more 1984 than Brave New World. Having spent a lifetime fighting the corner of employers, trustees and scheme members against vested interests,...

Before the 2014 Budget, it was hard to think of anything less exciting than pensions. They were a guaranteed income in retirement until you died – predictable and very dull. But the...

The numbers reported in Swiss Re’s Group Watch 2015 give much to be pleased about: almost 1.25 million more people have been covered since 2010. Benefits and premiums have increased across group...

Now: Pensions has called for an extension of the scope of auto-enrolment through the removal of qualifying earnings, a reduction of the qualifying threshold for auto-enrolment and the introduction of auto-escalation. It...

    CATV logo Subjects debated in this issue of Behind the Headlines: - Why 4 per cent market penetration for group life is not good enough - What message the group...

Altmann began her career as an academic at University College London, the London School of Economics and Harvard University, researching UK pensions policy, occupational pensions and retirement. She has also previously worked...

For those not immediately familiar with this topic, this link will take readers to a blog last year that outlines the very real financial dangers that most working households are exposed to should...