Pensions

The reforms had been expected to take effect from April 2016. The Treasury has also confirmed that Pension Wise will be made available to all those over the age of 50. Partnership...

Chancellor George Osborne said the increases, from this year’s levels of £42,385 and £10,600 respectively, are down payments on Conservative goals of a higher rate threshold of £50,000 and a basic rate...

The Chancellor has launched a consultation into moving from an exempt, exempt, taxed (EET) structure to a taxed, exempt, exempt (TEE) structure, which would enable to bring forward savings of several billion...

The standard rate of IPT is currently 6 per cent. Experts have predicted that such an increase in IPT, which covers all forms of insurance contract, could trigger more organisations to opt...

But the report, from Greenwich Associates, also warns that new rules now under discussion in Europe governing asset managers’ use of trade commissions to pay for research could cause investors to cut...

By Felix Wintle, Investment Director & Head of US Equities The most recent communication from Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has put the market’s sights on September as the most likely month...

No one can deny that the freedoms are a welcome change from the previously rigid and stuffy world of retirement, but does free reign equal better results in retirement for your employees?...

We wanted to take this opportunity to address the issue of engagement with pensions. Monumental changes to pensions rules means you’ve most likely been doing a lot to help your employees approaching...

The provider says 1,152 of its scheme members over the age of 55 have accessed pension freedoms since April 6, representing £13.4m in assets. Four out of five of those who have...

Hargreaves calculates that the retiree market consists of 400,000 people, with an average pot of around £30,000, making a total of around £12bn a year maturing from pensions pre-pension freedom reforms. It...