03/26/2015
National law firm expands pensions team as investment continues
National law firm has continued to boost its pensions team with the appointment of Kate Byers and Lucy Herbert into its Newcastle office
03/23/2015
Best Retail Pensions Provider
Financial News is delighted to announce the shortlist for its annual Awards for Excellence in Institutional Pensions.
03/23/2015
Brougham is a qualified actuary with more than 25 years’ service in the pensions industry.
03/23/2015
Asset managers are likely to be the main beneficiaries of the radical pension reforms
03/20/2015
Pension policyholders have been warned not to be tempted to "dash for the cash" when the new rules come into effect next month.
03/18/2015
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
03/18/2015
Women today expect to retire with 25 per cent less retirement income than their male counterparts
03/17/2015
A cross industry code of best practice has been launched to help providers, adminstrators and pension fund trustees in the fight against pension scams.
03/17/2015
More people are now working past the previously accepted retirement age
03/17/2015
Fiduciary management expert leaves Syntrus Achmea
He described his successor as “an excellent person in the right spot”
03/17/2015
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”.
03/16/2015
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.
03/16/2015
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.
03/16/2015
Portugal: The ultimate tax shelter for your pension
What’s the “defining challenge of our time?”
03/16/2015
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
03/15/2015
The annuities reform follows a pensions overhaul announced last year which eased requirements on people to buy annuities as part of their pension.
03/13/2015
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.
03/11/2015
Northern Trust offers an extensive range of services to pension funds across the globe.
03/11/2015
Advice for those hatching plans to cash in their ‘nest eggs’ post-Easter
03/11/2015
The Pensions Regulator has banned two individuals and a trustee company from acting as pension trustees, following a pension scams investigation.