03/06/2016
The overall concept of freedom and choice is not complex; people can now choose how they access and use their defined contribution pension savings when they reach 55 or their chosen retirement age.
03/06/2016
This changing relationship was described this week by Chris Hitchen, CEO of the Railway Pension Trustee Company, which manages more than 500,000 pensions from railway employees.
03/06/2016
THE days of extortionate exit penalties on pensions are finally coming to an end as providers bow to pressure for greater fairness and transparency.
03/05/2016
The revamp will now not occur this month
03/04/2016
The proposed standard would improve the transparency of pension funds
03/04/2016
The number of Australian Qrops recognised by HM Revenue & Customs has leapt to more than 100 schemes in its latest updated list.
03/04/2016
New Zealand pension firm NZ Endeavour Trustees has agreed terms with Malta-based Elmo Pensions to facilitate a partial or full transfer of pension assets between two of their respective Qrops funds.
03/03/2016
Two thirds of respondents did not provide the full pension freedoms, 43% did not offer financial education.
03/03/2016
The move follows Standard Life, who have already introduced a 5 per cent cap, and Prudential, who plan to bring a cap in at “below 5 per cent”.
03/03/2016
“We are proud to partner with Tesco to share passion and innovation in delivering the very best outcomes for their members.”
03/03/2016
For 40pc and 45pc taxpayers, the uplifts are proportionately larger.
03/02/2016
Constant change is a deterrent to long term saving and, if Osborne goes through with these changes, consumers will be forced to focus on the short-term instead of saving for their retirement.
03/02/2016
IPE’s overview of regulatory and legislative changes in the pensions landscape in key European countries
03/02/2016
PMI president Kevin LeGrand said he hoped the partnership would help "transform the way in which investors apply ESG criteria to all investment decisions".
03/01/2016
To some the words ‘pension’ and ‘child’ may seem, quite literally, decades apart.
03/01/2016
The company described the UK employee benefits performance, where sales were down 9 per cent, as “disappointing”. It put this down to a “significant slowdown in project work
02/29/2016
“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.” Malcolm X
02/29/2016
This will secure free movement of goods, services, persons and capital, meaning you would be free to continue working or setting up a business in Cyprus.
02/26/2016
Three Canadian pension funds and the Kuwait Investment Authority have won the takeover battle for London City airport with an offer of about £2 billion ($3.9 billion). A consortium made up of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), Borealis, AI
02/26/2016
Meanwhile, the raft of recent pension changes, far from giving people the sense of ‘freedom’ over their financial planning, has dented the confidence of a quarter of Britons nearing retirement