04/19/2016
Pensions industry relief as EIOPA drops solvency regime plans, says expert
Schemes would have to publicly disclose the main elements of their balance sheet
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04/19/2016
How to choose pension investments
With hundreds of thousands of pounds at stake, pension investment decisions are key
04/19/2016
Insurer To Offer Fiduciary Management To Institutional Investors
To date, ASR’s asset management has focused almost exclusively on its insurance activities.
04/18/2016
Can a non-UK resident join a UK pension scheme?
Non-UK nationals coming to work in the UK will be able to join a UK scheme providing they satisfy the eligibility criteria, and providing the individual has a contract of employment and a residential address in the UK, this should be sufficient to deem th
04/18/2016
New Pensions Solutions Team and Pooled Fund for Standard Life Investments
It aims to help DB schemes in the UK meet their payment obligations to members, without compromising on the potential for growth and returns from invested assets.
04/18/2016
Catella in new landmark residential portfolio transaction
The properties have been owned by Carlsberg Foundation since before the Second World War.
04/18/2016
Companies need to quickly adapt to new State Pension scheme for better integration of ageing workforce - AP Group
With the introduction of the new State Pension age in the UK, companies need to quickly and effectively adapt to the recent changes for better integration and engagement of the ageing workforce, according to Gina Le Prevost, CEO of AP Group.
04/15/2016
TPR plans to toughen master trust regulation
The governing body said it will work with the government and the FCA to tackle concerns over members of master trusts and it will ‘engage directly with any master trusts that are causing concern’.
04/15/2016
The New Future of Pensions - Coutts
Changes to pension regulations in the last decade have reduced the complexity of saving for retirement, giving people more options when they come to take their retirement benefits and creating more incentives for people to save.
04/15/2016
BlackRock Wins Mandate To Manage Assets at RESAVER Scheme
BlackRock has been selected as the asset manager for the RESAVER pan-European pension plan for researchers following a tender process
04/14/2016
Advisers believe Financial Advice Market Review will not help close the advice gap
A similar proportion (66 per cent) of the independent advisers surveyed did not believe that the advice contained in the report would help to improve their business.
04/14/2016
St. James's Place - ‘A-Day’ to remember?
“I was very excited about the prospect of pension simplification. It promised clients a uniform set of rules to make retirement planning much more attractive.”
04/12/2016
To what extent should pension funds be backing tax avoidance?
The Mossack Fonseca revelations will only serve to increase the scrutiny of those companies and investment funds using offshore tax minimisation structures.
04/11/2016
Client’s retirement plans ruined following insurer error
As a result, Hamnett Wealth has had to scale down plans Mr P J had hoped to enjoy during his retirement.
04/11/2016
Co-operative in talks to split its £9bn pension plan between bank and parent group, marking a further break between the two parties
The move would mark a further break between the two parties, but agreeing how to split the multi-billion assets and liabilities could prove fraught.
04/11/2016
Expats Miss Out On New State Pension Changes
Working out how much state pension is due for expats is even harder.
04/11/2016
UK pensions trends: FTSE 100 defined benefit pension schemes are increasingly bolstered by bonds
On average, bonds now account for 59 per cent of the assets in the average pension scheme, up from 56 per cent at the end of September 2014 and up from 49 per cent six years ago.
04/11/2016
Financial watchdog gives Lancs-London pension partnership green light
The group also announced the partnership would operate under the name the Local Pensions Partnership to reflect the fact that other funds were likely to join the scheme
04/08/2016
Advisers need pension innovation, says MetLife
The life company asked 104 investment and pension advisers whether they thought providers had done enough to help their clients since pension freedoms were introduced in April 2015.
04/07/2016
Preparing to live happily ever after
The Pension Strategy Group in mid-2015 issued a raft of some additional 27 recommendations; some of them no more than reiterations of earlier recommendations dating back to 2005.