The number of people making taxable pension withdrawals continued to rise to last year according to HMRC data. These figures show that taxable flexible pension withdrawals reached a record level of £22.4bn...
Aviva is to offer its workplace pension customers access to mortgage guidance and a brokerage service by extending its partnership with Tembo. The insurer has previously offered this on a pilot basis,...
Annuity rates have reached an eighteen-year high of 7.75 per cent according to the Standard Life Annuity Rate Tracker. Rates for a healthy 65-year-old rose 1.17 per cent between April and July...
The number of employees savings into workplace pensions has continued to increase, according to the latest government statistics. Figures from the Department of Work & Pensions show that 22.6m eligible employees contributed...
Workplace pensions remained a significant driver of growth at the Lloyds Banking Group's insurance, pensions and investments business, with the Scottish Widows app serving more than one million users after 79 per...
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...
The UK DC pension market is entering a new phase with the focus moving from participation to outcomes, with pension adequacy remaining a major concern, according to the latest paper from consultancy...
Financial advice company Whistle has acquired Pension Potential from Punter Southall Group, with a view to strengthening its retirement proposition. The acquisition combines Pension Potential's retirement planning technology with Whistle's embedded regulated...
Boosting retirement outcomes and improving the member experience are the opportunities that most excite sponsors and trustees about the collective defined contribution model, according to research by consultancy Lane Clark & Peacock....
