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...
Competition for auto-enrolment business is strong. Advisers must ensure their recommendations are robust. John Lappin reports. A few years ago you could have been forgiven for assuming the 2016 and 2017 micro-employer auto-enrolment peaks...
Insurers, consultants and advisers should all get behind the government’s new Fit for Work service as it supports their objectives as well as those of their customers says Fit for Work director...
The extent to which investment consultants impact competition for institutional asset management services will be subject to review by an FCA market study. The market study will also examine whether asset managers...
