Pensions - retail
03 May 2012
Legal & General (L&G) is anticipating a drop-off in sales through financial advisers over the coming months and into early 2013 as firms concentrate on developing their business models for retail distribution review (RDR) implementation.
10 April 2012
The government is assessing new types of pension scheme designed to even out the risks between employer and employee following the closure of many final salary pensions by private firms.
22 March 2012
The fallout from George Osborne's third Budget continues today, with the Chancellor accused of a tax "raid" on pensioners after ending age-related allowances for the over-65s.
22 March 2012
The government has come under fire for plans announced in the Budget to change tax allowances for pensioners, as stakeholders begin digesting the Chancellor's measures.
29 November 2011
The Chancellor has confirmed he will unlock £20bn of pension fund assets to invest in private infrastructure in a bid to “overhaul the physical infrastructure of our nation”.
29 November 2011
Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed the state pension age (SPA) will reach 67 by 2026.
14 November 2011
Robert Graves, committee member of the Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS), outlines the raft of changes in the pensions market.
10 October 2011
SIPP provider Curtis Banks has published a list of the investments it is least likely to accept into its pensions.
06 October 2011
The Bank of England's (BoE) second round of quantitative easing (QE) will be a "Titanic disaster" for pension schemes and members, Saga says.
11 July 2011
US pension funds and other institutional investors have filed an amended complaint alleging "rampant nepotism" and "failed corporate governance" at News Corp in light of the ongoing British phone hacking scandal.
01 July 2011
The financial adviser Arthur Childs, of Surrey-based Arch Financial Planning, likened a pension to a kitchen in a recent note to his clients, which is a novel and more accessible way of describing them to the average person who is not embroiled in the nitty gritty of the industry.
17 June 2011
The news a number of public sector unions are balloting their membership for strike action over reforms to pension schemes will see the coalition government face its first serious test of resolve, and importantly its first significant foray into major pensions policy.
07 March 2011
Aegon chief executive Otto Thoresen is rumoured to be planning to leave the life company by the end of the week.
03 February 2011
The National Employment Savings Trust has appointed State Street Global Advisors, UBS Global Asset Management, and BlackRock to run five mandates for its default fund.
22 December 2010
The coalition government’s cuts to child benefit for anyone earning over £44,000 is ‘a worry’ and answers from the Treasury are ‘not good enough’, pensions minister Steve Webb has been caught saying.
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The fallout from George Osborne's third Budget continues today, with the Chancellor accused of a tax "raid" on pensioners after ending age-related allowances for the over-65s.
Robert Graves, committee member of the Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS), outlines the raft of changes in the pensions market.
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