01/12/2015
This update looks at employer insolvency risk, last man standing schemes and contingent assets, following the publication of the Pension Protection Fund's Levy Estimate for the 2015/16 levy year.
01/12/2015
Tonight's episode of Dispatches, titled 'How to blow your pension', will warn how a raft of dodgy firms will target over-55s' private pension savings from April
01/09/2015
These figures are even more worrying in the light of the new pension reforms.
01/08/2015
Further measures to boost performance include the closure of 43 unprofitable stores around the UK
01/08/2015
The actuarial consultant’s survey of 98 pensions, HR and finance professionals found a lack of understanding of how employers should prepare for the new state pension.
01/07/2015
Pension deficits at the UK’s largest companies nearly doubled over the past year to exceed £100bn, as record low interest rates continued to take a toll.
01/05/2015
Van Lanschot and its Works Council have reached agreement on a new pension scheme, which will be a mix of collective and individual defined contributions from 1 January 2015.
01/05/2015
New pension rules proposed by Thornbury MP Steve Webb that would allow present retirees to cash in pensions are too similar to “toxic” life insurance schemes, an expert has warned.
12/31/2014
It highlights that the number of 'silver landlords' could increase significantly given the changes in pension regulation
12/30/2014
Pensions minister calls for system of “automatic escalation” where workers commit to putting pay rises towards pension
12/30/2014
Criminals have adjusted their tactics to the new pension freedoms
12/28/2014
Only 25 per cent of any withdrawal will be tax-free, the remainder will be taxed as income.
12/28/2014
Retailer facing prospect of having to inject extra cash into employees’ retirement fund every year for next decade
12/19/2014
The options will be available to new and existing clients and it said income drawdown rates will remain unchanged across the various options.
12/18/2014
It comes as RPMI, the UK’s sixth largest pension scheme with £20 billion assets under management, moves investments increasingly towards an in-house model for its largest client, the Railways Pension.
12/18/2014
While commonly viewed as positive for pension provision, the new flexibility brought in by the Budget means even more pressure on members to make the right decision.
12/17/2014
Pension savers with the smallest pots can be exposed to the highest levels of charges
12/17/2014
Swedish pensions group Skandia is teaming up with Swedish power company Vattenfall to invest nearly SEK2bn establishing four wind farms in the Nordic country
12/14/2014
The fund – the Actiam Institutional Microfinance Fund III – has been launched for six institutional investors, including the €13bn railways scheme SPF and the €3bn pension fund for public transport, SPOV.
12/12/2014
The Supervisory Board of Daimler AG today decided on an extraordinary contribution to the pension fund of €2.5 billion, split proportionately between the Daimler AG, EvoBus and the Daimler Financial Services companies.