Pensions

Sadly, this does not seem a realistic expectation. The minister of state for pensions, Steve Webb MP, recently gave a speech that suggested that further change may happen very early in the...

The eight-step guide, part of the consultancy’s comprehensive library, relays the new rules in the context of the questions you need to ask yourself and the actions to take if you are...

Only 12 per cent of employers believe that their organisation has fully complied with the legislation. A third of respondents (34 per cent) feel they need to improve all aspects of compliance;...

  Global protein demand is steadily growing, particularly in Asian markets, driven by urbanisation, population growth and rising incomes. Chinese meat consumption in particular is forecast to reach 69kg per capita annually...

TPR says 169 employers had been fined by the end of 2014, out of a figure in excess of 30,000 that had staged on time. The number of employers approaching the date...

It had originally only planned to allow DB transfers without authorised financial advice where an individual’s entire pension assets were below £30,000.  Speaking for the Government in the House of Lords yesterday,...

With just 62 days remaining, the Government’s reforms risk massive consumer detriment unless steps are taken to secure much greater access to financial advice, the provider has warned. It argues much greater...

Government pensions champion Dr Ros Altmann and a number of retirement product providers that have been calling for a backstop to stop people rolling into unsuitable decumulation vehicles are celebrating the FCA’s...

Of the 4,279 companies that signed up with it in 2014, 17 per cent left it until the last minute or missed the deadline. Now: Pensions says 9 per cent of its...

The report confronts the view that unit-linked guarantees are expensive, arguing that the closest an adviser could get to a guaranteed income for life would be 15-year gilts, returning just over 2.5...