Politics

  The rumour mill is hotting up ahead of the Autumn Budget with a lot of concern around what could happen with pensions, especially around tax free cash.  But there are also...

The Department of Work & Pensions has published its consultation document on retirement-only CDC, setting out how these proposed new pension arrangements might work in practice.  It is seeking views from trustees,...

One in six UK businesses could face insolvency if the government raises employer auto-enrolment pension contributions, according to research from Barnett Waddingham. Such a move could also lead to further disruption in...

Pension providers have invested £1.6bn in unlisted equities in the two years since the Mansion House Compact. This remains less than 1 per cent of DC assets. Under the terms of this...

A high-level delegation of Australian pension fund leaders will meet with the UK government, regulators, civil servants and UK pension representatives later this month to discuss long-term funding opportunities in the UK. ...

Up to 2m deferred pension pots could be merged into single account if five major AE providers become ‘default’ consolidators under current government proposals.  These figures are part of  the Pensions Data...

Whenever I start writing about what the industry calls ‘the advice/guidance boundary’, I remind myself of when I was editor of Moneywise magazine back in 2015. A reader, Mark, took us up...

There are “serious concerns” among the pension industry on the timescales being proposed for beneficiaries to pay inheritance tax on pensions. This issues has been raised by the Society of Pension Professionals...

Reform UK has started to engage directly with pensions industry leaders about its investment and retirement policy agenda, in a move seen as part of the party’s broader strategy to position itself...

HMRC and the Financial Conduct Authority have issued co-ordinated statements clarifying that 30-day ‘cooling off’ cancellation rules may not apply to savers taking tax-free cash from pensions. This comes amid speculation that...