Jack Jones, the pensions policy officer at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has questioned whether the regulation of pension consultants and potentially employers mooted by the government last week is practical or necessary. Jones...
Consultants are calling for regulation need to be strengthened on multi-employer CDC schemes, to ensure all members have the same protections, when it comes to safeguarding pension benefits. Responding to the Department...
Smart Pension has welcomed the Chancellor’s aim to boost investment in productive assets by driving consolidation in the UK workplace pension market. But it said the target of schemes reaching £25bn by the 2030...
Leading actors have written to the Chancellor calling for her to unlock green investment as part of the widespread pension reforms, announced in last night’s Mansion House speech. A letter has been...
Pensions are expected to be a key focus of Rachel Reeves’s first Mansion House Speech, due to be delivered this Thursday. Many in the industry are expecting the new Chancellor to set...
Gilt yields have risen since Labour’s £40bn tax-rising Budget, but pensions experts say this is unlikely to spark the same liquidity problems for DB schemes that occurred in the aftermath of Liz...
The rise in employers national insurance could provide an unexpected boost for the pensions industry, via increased contributions to salary sacrifice schemes. Many are expecting more employers to offer these schemes, in...
The Budget decision to include pensions and pension death benefits within estates for inheritance tax (IHT) could lead to massive bureaucracy issues, and further delays for bereaved families when it comes to...
The Chancellor has announced widespread changes to capital gains tax (CGT) which include an increase to the rates charged on carried interest. Carried interest is the share of profits that is often...
The pensions industry has welcomed the decision by the Chancellor not to make changes to how much cash people can withdraw from pensions tax-free. There has been speculation prior to today’s Budget...
