Pensions

In a speech in Glasgow yesterday Brown said Scotland benefits to the tune of £425m a year extra in pension payments because it pays 8 per cent of UK National Insurance but...

A nationwide study by the provider found 33 per cent of EBCs are forecasting increased sales this year, with 57 per cent expecting sales to remain the same. But just 31 per cent...

The report, authored by Centre for Policy Studies research fellow Michael Johnson, says today’s tax-based incentives for pension savings are too expensive, costing the Treasury over £54bn in 2012-13, and poorly targeted,...

The F&TRC Quality Analyser comparison service, which is free to advisers, will launch on 22 April 2014. The service offers three modules: workplace, protection and software. The workplace module has tools covering...

All members within these schemes whether active or deferred, will pay the current active member charge (AMC), subject to a minimum of 35bps. A minimum of 30bps will apply if a five-year...

The different roles of the pension community and payroll providers are becoming an increasing area of friction within the auto enrolment market.  Each new phase of auto enrolment brings with it new...

In October 2013 this magazine reported that the government had opened the door for the group income protection (GIP) industry to devise a coherent strategy for some form of income protection auto-enrolment....

Saying annuities are depressing might sound a bad way to start an article. But that is exactly how most people feel when they realise how expensive they are and how low their...