Pensions

The debate about whether pension auto-enrolment is likely to help or hinder demand for group risk has traditionally been highly polarised but opinion may well be shifting. Not one of 10 group...

The road to pensions simplification looks set to be a complicated one. But Chancellor George Osborne confirming in his Budget speech that the Government will be pressing ahead with a flat-rate pension,...

It has been a good budget for pensions, if not for pensioners. The much-feared assault on higher rate tax relief did not materialise, leaving some to speculate that the Chancellor’s coffers are...

Nest has a tough task on its hand in delivering the cynics a national pension scheme that will suit the needs of millions of impoverished Britons.It is under pressure on all fronts...

The new upper threshold for auto-enrolment is more than £2,500 higher than the £39,853 limit confirmed by the DWP in December. The “earnings trigger” above which employees are enrolled (£8,105), and the...

Macro-economic perspectivesIan Winship, manager of the BlackRock Absolute Return Bond fund: “The Chancellor presented a fiscally-neutral Budget today relative to the Autumn Statement. There were two major issues of interest to fixed income...

Salary sacrificeRobin Hames, head of technical, marketing and research, Bluefin: “The Treasury has announced plans to close a loophole which has been heavily promoted by some audit and tax consultancies, in which...

The mailshot is part of a mailshot of around 100,000 letters to IFAs, accountants and HR professionals this month. The regulatoris keen to raise awareness among IFAs it sees as crucial to the...

The Aon Hewitt Benefits and Trends Survey, which polled 185 employers in the UK, representing a combined workforce of 650,000 employees globally, concludes employers are missing opportunities both to improve the health...

But widely trailed predictions of reductions in pensions tax relief will not go ahead.However, to stop tax avoidance there will be an overall cap on income tax reliefs claimed by individuals of...