Politics

The Pensions Regulator is urging trustees to offer members a ‘midlife MOT’, to help with future retirement planning.  It says schemes should make the most of the resources now available via the...

The government is on track to collect a record £7.9bn in inheritance taxes this year, as higher house prices and frozen IHT limits drag more families into this net.  Government figures for...

More than one in two higher-rate taxpayers have restarted or boosted pension payments in light of the recent changes to the lifetime allowance (LTA), or says they plan to do so in...

 Less than a third of pension scheme representatives support the government’s ‘Mansion House Compact’ — designed to increase pension schemes investment into UK private equity, particularly in the bioscience and fintech sectors. ...

Diversity, inclusion and equity — or DE&I — may have become  a buzzword across the financial services industry in recent years, but this relatively new three-letter acronym refers to many age-old and...

The Government has proposed introducing a permanent ‘superfund’ regulatory regime to provide employers and trustees with a new way of managing DB liabilities. The Department of Work and Pension is calling for...

The Department of Work and Pensions has launched a new Midlife MOT website, which aims to help people with retirement planning, health issues and careers guidance.  The site — which is free...

Government plans to encourage wider pension scheme investment in the UK economy need to put better outcomes for savers first, according to a new report from the Association of British Insurers.  While...

One in four women born in the 1950s are struggling with food bills and the cost of everyday essentials according to new research from the Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) campaign....

A record number of people were received less state pension than they should last year according to the latest figures from the Department of Work and Pensions.  Its figures show that state...