Former pensions minister Ros Altmann has urged the government to stop “wasting” council tax on pension contributions and use the money for social care instead. Altmann was pensions minister from 2015 to...
Leading pension bodies have welcomed the DWP’s draft regulations for unlocking surpluses from DB schemes. The consultation on these regulations closes today. The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) said the rules as...
Current housing benefit rules are discouraging private pension saving among older renters, according to new research from the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI). Their latest report looking at the intersection of pension saving...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published its updated pensions roadmap earlier this month. The consolidation timeline is clear. What is also visible, for anyone looking closely at the detail, is...
Nest has expanded its private market strategy by launching a new £200m dedicated venture capital ‘sleeve’, with Schroders Capital. Nest, the UK’s largest master trust, has been invested in growth-stage companies and...
Three in five retirees who withdrew tax-free cash ahead of last year's Budget say they regret it, according to new research. There was a significant surge in people accessing their pension plans...
AE contributions could be entirely absorbed by rental costs in later life, according to new research, which calls for new ways for pensions to help first-time buyers. Hymans Robertson’s report, Tapping the...
More than half the UK’s largest DC default funds now have allocations to private markets, but average allocations are still below 5 per cent. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE...
Climate change is rapidly becoming the 'defining' risk factor when looking at longer-term investment strategies, funding positions and retirement outcomes according to a new report from the Society of Pension Professionals. This...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published an action plan aimed at improving communications around the state pension age. This follows recommendations from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's (PHSO)...
