Key data standards have been published by the Pensions Dashboard Programme, which will underpin the technology used to deliver this service. While this news has been widely welcomed by the industry, some...
The fear of ever-expanding regulation and the prospect of big bills for helping staff with financial matters has had a freezing impact on employers offering retirement guidance to their people. Punter Southall...
Perhaps the greatest risk to pension scheme trustees and members is the low rate future currently being carved out. It is odd to suddenly be talking about low rates when they’ve been...
Aon has published a new guide to help improving understanding of diversity and inclusion considerations among pension scheme trustees and members. This paper looks at how these issues can impact decision making...
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has raised a supplementary levy due to rising claims, which will raise costs for advisers and wealth managers. This £92m supplementary levy was announced in the FSCS’s...
Those who have transferred out of a defined benefit scheme over the past 30 years now urgently need to seek advice on whether they are due top-up payments, following a high court...
The pensions industry gave a cautious welcome to comments by the Bank of England governor indicating support for looser regulations to enable DC schemes to invest in illiquid infrastructure and property assets....
Almost eight out of 10 retirement savers want increased power for pension companies to help prevent fraud. Research by The People’s Pension found that 78 per cent of pension savers want providers...
The UK asset management and pensions sectors are well on the road towards getting greater transparency of investment costs and charges. Understanding the costs incurred through investing is important to deliver value for...
When data goes wrong in pensions, it can go very badly wrong. The case of Now: Pensions is instructive. It had to radically overhaul its administrative systems, ended up removed from The Pensions...
