In previous articles I have looked at the many pension challenges that companies face around their internationally mobile employees; retaining them in home plans, local host country options and international pension plans...
The survey, which was conducted among trustees and pension professionals at this year’s NAPF Annual Conference and on the Pensions Management Institute (PMI) website, found that less schemes had assessed value for...
Concerns had been raised that the ability to access 100 per cent of pension from age 55 could exclude individuals from housing benefit, council tax benefit, tax credits and other benefits, as...
Legal & General and Scottish Widows both said they expect the evolution of defaults away from targeting annuity purchase to be done in stages, with preliminary changes made ahead of April 2015’s...
The online matrix, which is accessible via www.advisersoftware.com,holds adviser charging information from providers and platforms including Aviva, Aegon, Standard Life, Scottish Life, Zurich, Old Mutual Wealth, Novia, Fidelity Funds Network, Alliance Trust...
Answering questions to the Taxation of Pensions Committee yesterday, financial secretary to the Treasury David Gauke MP refused to answer questions as to his understanding of the scale of the potential loophole,...
The move comes after PSG took a minority stake in the Argentis Financial Group in March to form a strategic partnership and aid its commercial expansion. The group also merged and floated its...
Called ‘DB Complete’, the service offers a fully bundled defined benefit package costing from 0.4 per cent for a £25m scheme, including trusteeship and governance, administration, investment strategy, fund management charges, actuarial,...
Discovery says the deal, which values the company at £620m, affirms its strategy to make the UK its second home market. The joint venture was initially established as an equally-owned venture between...
The new legislation, which is due to come into force in spring 2015, will allow older employees (those over the age of 55) to access defined-contribution retirement funds in any format they...
