Pensions

The Interim Report of the Sergeant Review of Simple Financial Products has put forward proposals for the first three Simple Financial Products – an easy access savings account, a 30 day notice...

A call for far greater scrutiny of legacy schemes that will be populated with new members, the identification of an RDR-caused advice gap in the small employer section of the market, a...

Aviva’s Auto-Enrolment Manager for Employers (AME) will be integrated into Lorica’s Simplicity auto-enrolment customer portal.The auto-enrolment portal is effective across multiple pension providers’ schemes. Customers will be able to stay up to...

The DWP says it is considering its options and remains committed to transitional arrangements only applying to employers automatically enrolling staff into DB schemes.But the department stopped short of saying it will...

DCisions has also retired its independent information service for consumers, InvestorBee, under the deal.The FTSE DCisions Index Series reflects the asset allocation decisions made by leading UK Defined Contribution (DC) pension plans...

Employees could miss out on employer pension contributions until 2017 because what is believed to be a drafting error around the definition of a hybrid scheme that qualifies for postponement, it has...

An FSA paper published earlier this month, Conflicts of interest between asset managers and their customers: identifying and mitigating the risks, found most fund managers did not exercise the same standards of...

The organisation aims to give a unified voice on issues such as pot follows member, managing quality schemes and quality-marking schemes. It has also set out other aims, which include improving standards...

The provider’s RDR-ready flexible pension plan and GPP plan will be offered alongside its commission-based versions until these are dropped at the end of December.Its new ‘One Retirement’ will be a single...

A former IFA, Ian McKenna has been one of the most high profile figures in the world of retail financial services technology for the last couple of decades. So with the Retail...