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Axa Wealth comment on if pensions should be taxed like ISAs

David Thompson, managing director of business development and proposition, AXA Wealth, comments on whether pensions should to be taxed like ISAs.

Former Barclays buyout group moves into pension advice

Employers are making greater efforts to help staff cope with changes such as flexible pensions and share investment schemes.

Sanlam launches retirement drawdown investment service

The Sanlam Retirement Income Service allows a portfolio to be unbundled between as many tax wrappers as needed

Unbiased unveils pre-pension freedoms research

There were just over 2,000 respondents to the survey.

European bond buying is ‘no good’ for infrastructure debt market

Guido Fürer, its group chief investment officer, said it will do “no good” for the ECB to intervene in the infrastructure debt market.

PE Panorama: Full disclosure or bust?

Ms. Bagijn stated that PGGM are beginning to phase out investment in private equity firms that fail to give full disclosure of fees, aiming to complete this by 2020.

Hermes GPE Announce £1 Billion Private Equity Mandate from BTPS

Hermes GPE is part of Hermes Investment Management

Momentum launches two pensions following UK buyout

QROPS provider Momentum Pensions Group has introduced two new pension schemes after securing a majority stake in its UK self invested personal pension (SIPP) business last month.

Firing Line: Andy Clark

As a consequence of the new freedoms, HSBC is launching its own retirement product in September, although Mr Clark will not say much about it at this stage.

Retire abroad? The country offering tax-free pensions

One European country's generous tax regime to entice wealthy expats is looking even more attractive thanks to pension freedom.

GBST signs UK financial services group

GBST has signed a major UK retirement products provider and investment and financial services company to its fund administration and registry software GBST Composer, following a major upgrade of the system.

Twice as many female investors at pension funds as asset managers

Women occupy nearly a fifth 19 per cent of senior investment roles at large investors such as pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and endowments

eValue launches pension freedom planning tool

The firm said that the Pensions Freedom Planner constitutes the first tool to use scenario-based retirement income modelling, as opposed to ‘straight line’ forecasts, which it deemed inaccurate.

Government meddling will undo the good work of pension freedoms, says Thomas Miller Investment

“The pensions system needs to be left alone, yet this Government is signalling that, like all Governments before them, they are going to continue to tinker with pensions.

U.K. pension funds team up

The pair aim to reduce costs and increase investment opportunities

British Airways pension scheme among investors in UK property fund

The investment manager said it raised £100m (€140m) in funds from high net worth individuals and institutional investors.

Pensions: taking part in EIOPA stress tests

Pension plans are being encouraged to take part in this exercise.

Ros Altmann hits out at 'pensions as Isas' plans

Letting them take the money out tax-free would be a big mistake

ShareAction launches policy vision for pensions success

ShareAction has undertaken significant research into the best-performing pensions systems globally, and the report highlights areas where the UK falls short relative to that benchmark.

UK pensions freedoms working well but some issues remain, says Eversheds

Francois Barker, head of pensions at Eversheds, has commented on news that UK pensions freedoms are proving very popular.