Pensions

Ipsos Mori research commissioned by Hargreaves Lansdown shows 12 per cent of investors with a DC pension will take their entire pension in one go. Just 22 per cent said they plan to...

Speaking before the Pension Schemes Bill committee last Thursday, Webb said it was unlikely there would be significant loss through employers flushing remuneration for over 55s through pension rather than through salary,...

From November 2014, the financial protection specialist will increase the number of its sales team dedicated to working face to face with brokers. Unum is also rolling out its new integrated Broker...

The body has set out a roadmap for a greater role for income protection, saying the same logic for pensions auto-enrolment should be applied to protection delivered through the workplace. A report...

Webb came under sustained pressure from Labour pensions shadow Gregg McClymont to confirm whether the Government had been aware of the potential NI and tax leakage risk created by the freedom and...

1. I am editor of Corporate Adviser magazine, a magazine for pensions consultants. I am also the author of the FT Guide to Pensions and Wealth in Retirement, former deputy personal finance...

Before the dust has even settled on auto-enrolment into pensions, the benefits industry is starting to ask “Should auto-enrolment to sick pay insurance be the next welfare public policy target?”  The State...

Purdah rules control the ability of government departments to spend money on paid media campaigns in the six weeks prior to a general election. With this year’s general election fixed for 7th...

Events included a charity netball match followed by the #whippingchildhoodcancer challenge, which saw members of the senior management team receive a whipped cream pie to the face. Thanks to Bromsgrove-based Ryland Centre,...

Financial assessment rules that apply to the means tested Universal Credit benefit need urgent review if people are not to be required to drain their pension pots before being allowed benefits, as...