Pensions

Royal London group CEO Phil Loney says: “This is a lacklustre policy announcement.  It is disappointing that in the wake of the Chancellor’s inspirational reforms to the “at retirement” market, dropping of...

Webb said the Government wanted to shine a light into the ‘dark recesses of the pensions industry’, and said that consideration would be given to including transaction costs within the default fund...

Webb told Parliamentt that over the next decade his charge cap reforms will transfer £200m from the profits of the pensions industry to the pockets of savers. Webb said: “This government will...

The cap, which is part of its consultation work on minimum standards for workplace pension schemes, excludes transaction charges. Hargreaves Lansdown head of pensions research Tom McPhail says: “It is vital that...

1. What explains the recent acceleration in growth?  UK banking sector losses were concentrated in non-UK assets. Improving credit provision depended on deleveraging happening overseas, particularly in the eurozone. As external conditions...

AllianceBernstein head of pensions strategies David Hutchins The TDF provider has questioned the view expressed by Scottish Life in Corporate Adviser that the Budget had killed off the single default fund. The...

Speaking at an event in London last month, Frost Consulting principal Neil Scarth said asset managers have to adopt, or at least move closer to, the processes of the most conservative regulatory...

The topic of collective defined contribution (CDC) pensions, a model widely used by the Dutch, has been much debated in recent months. The Budget announcement makes this is the right time to...