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Best Retail Pensions Provider

Financial News is delighted to announce the shortlist for its annual Awards for Excellence in Institutional Pensions.

Legal & General appoints BESTrustees to Mastertrust board

Brougham is a qualified actuary with more than 25 years’ service in the pensions industry.

Asset managers will be pension reform winners

Asset managers are likely to be the main beneficiaries of the radical pension reforms

Pensions shake-up 2015: 'Cash dash' fear amid pensions overhaul

Pension policyholders have been warned not to be tempted to "dash for the cash" when the new rules come into effect next month.

Lender to launch with two pension firms in time for reforms

Ironing out issues to prevent lending to ‘connected parties’ such as family members and segregating bank accounts has meant all four deals will not now be done by the end of March, but Ratesetter said at least two will be in place before 6 Apr

Pension gap between men and women is shrinking

Women today expect to retire with 25 per cent less retirement income than their male counterparts

Industry code of practice launched to tackle pension scams

A cross industry code of best practice has been launched to help providers, adminstrators and pension fund trustees in the fight against pension scams.

Pension scene now offers freedom over when to retire

More people are now working past the previously accepted retirement age

Fiduciary management expert leaves Syntrus Achmea

He described his successor as “an excellent person in the right spot”

German pension fund association vows to keep fighting HBS

At this week’s Handelsblatt occupational pensions conference in Berlin, he pointed out that the holistic balance sheet approach was “really a Solvency II concept with additional regulation for occupational pensions”.

Pension funds seek riskier, illiquid bets to make returns they need

British pension funds are coping with low bond yields and high share prices by seeking riskier investments, in a hunt for the returns they need to meet their obligations to pensioners.

Walker Crips wants certainty over taxation framework in Osborne’s pre-election giveaway

David Hetherton, CEO, Walker Crips Wealth Management says: “It would help both clients and financial advisers with planning if we knew the annual pension allowance would stay the same at £40,000 along with ISA and Inheritance Tax (IHT) limits.

Portugal: The ultimate tax shelter for your pension

What’s the “defining challenge of our time?”

DC schemes lag behind DB in trustee headcount

Only one in 10 defined contribution schemes have appointed professional trustees, as opposed to a quarter of defined benefit schemes, according to research from Premier

UK's Osborne announces new pension reform ahead of election

The annuities reform follows a pensions overhaul announced last year which eased requirements on people to buy annuities as part of their pension.

‘Dangerous gap’ created by FCA pension transfer overhaul

The regulator set out proposed changes to its pension transfer rules in a consultation paper last week which will require advisers to hold the pension transfer specialist qualification in more scenarios.

Pension Protection Fund Appoints Northern Trust for GB£20 Billion Mandate

Northern Trust offers an extensive range of services to pension funds across the globe.

Beware the pension predators!

Advice for those hatching plans to cash in their ‘nest eggs’ post-Easter

Trustees banned for involvement in pension scams

The Pensions Regulator has banned two individuals and a trustee company from acting as pension trustees, following a pension scams investigation.

Investors worth £350bn draw ‘red lines’ with fund managers

These have all highlighted structural issues around interactions with investors