Pensions

By James Dowey, Chief Economist and CIO, Neptune Investment Management The current volatility in global markets has precisely the same cause as had the major bout of volatility last August. As the...

By Kunal Desai, Head of Indian Equities at Neptune Investment Management Following the MSCI India Index’s 26.4 per cent return in 2014, stemming from a 7.3 per cent rise in GDP, investors...

Scottish Widows head of industry development Peter Glancy Explicit charges, as described in the charge cap, will be shown to be the tip of the iceberg. When these extra levels of charge...

Although holiday season is just beginning, at Standard Life our 2016 fee holiday is coming to an end. New Auto-Enrolment clients need to complete their application by 30 April 2016 to take...

Of 11.5m people aged 55-70 across the UK, 3.3m have no private pension provision, while 4 m have at least one pension not yet in payment, according to a major survey by...

Both principle-based regulation and pension freedoms could have been handled better, says Lord Turner, and the regulator should also think hard about safe harbour for advice. John Greenwood hears why Pension freedoms...

By Fiona Tait, Pensions Specialist The new State Pension (nSP) will be implemented at a maximum flat rate of £155.65 per week in 2016/17. This is good news for some, not so...

By Fiona Tait, Pensions Specialist 2015 was quite a year for pensions. Change, more change, and proposed changes to the changes. The Spring Budget - pre-election plans With everything that has happened...

By Jamie Clark, Business Development Manager It seems that auto-enrolment has been relatively successful so far: Figures from the Pensions Regulator show that since the start of auto-enrolment, over 60,000 employers have...

Deputy governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey is to become the new head of the Financial Conduct Authority. The Treasury has confirmed that Bailey will take over from Tracey McDermott,...