The government needs to find ways for people to stay in employment for longer, particularly women, if it plans to raise the state pension further, according to a new report by the...
A House of Lords committee will scrutinise current plans to include pensions in inheritance tax calculations. As part of this process the House of Lords Finance Bill sub-committee has launched a call...
There has been a surge in the number of people accessing higher value pension pots in the past tax year, amid changes to pensions IHT rules and speculation about Budget tax raids....
The workplace pensions market has now had a month to fully digest the implications of the Mansion House Accord. The Accord doubles the targeted private markets allocation compared with the Mansion House...
The Society of Pension Professional has called for the Pensions Commission to set out a clear timetable for increasing auto-enrolment contributions to give certainty to both employers and employees. Alongside this framework,...
The government’s decision to revive the Pensions Commission is welcome, but a better idea would have been to introduce a financial resilience review that examines the entirety of the financial challenges that...
The Government has launched a call for evidence ahead of its forthcoming review of the state pension age (SPA). The Department of Work & Pensions has appointed Dr Suzy Morrissey to lead...
Rachel Reeves’ growth-at-all-costs juggernaut rumbles on and now it’s the turn of the Pensions Regulator to jump – or rather, be forced – onto the bandwagon. In a speech called “Pension regulation...
With the right approach from trustees, Collective Defined Contribution has the potential to address long standing challenges around adequacy and sustainability in retirement provision, significantly improving member outcomes. CDC is an exciting prospect,...
Across the UK pensions landscape, there’s a growing sense of unease. Trustees and advisers are being asked to make investments that benefit not just their members but the UK economy more broadly....
