The pace of scheme closures is anticipated to see minimal change with the implementation of the new DB funding regime, according to the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) members. Around 200 members...
Legal & General is the latest pension provider to back the introduction of ‘targeted support’ as part of a regulatory shake-up of advice and guidance. In its response to the discussion paper...
Last year the government announced it was abolishing the Lifetime Allowance (LTA). This potentially impacts group life insurance, with many companies previously setting up excepted group life policies to avoid tax charges...
AJ Bell is the latest to back ‘targeted support’ in response to the government’s consultation on redrafting rules around advice and guidance. AJ Bell welcomes the proposed changes to financial advice, describing...
Hymans Robertson has appointed Leonard Bowman to the newly-created role of head of corporate consulting. As part of this role Bowman will ensure Hymans Robertson’s has a co-ordianted strategy when it comes...
Pension providers are urging government and regulators to “be brave and bold” when it comes to redrawing the boundary between advice and guidance. In its response to the government’s discussion paper on...
Royal London has appointed Peter Josse as its new group chief operating officer. Josse has over 20 years’ experience in the banking industry, and joins from Barclays Bank where he has been...
DC trustees must hold private market managers to account over the lack of progress on climate data reporting, according to pension consultants Hymans Robertson. It says that the availability of climate data...
Pension companies are warning that proposals to cut national insurance in next week’s Spring Budget could impact pension savings, particularly those made through workplace salary sacrifice schemes. There has been widespread speculation...
DB pension transfer values fell in January, reversing the trend seen in the previous two months. Accordion got XPS’s Transfer Value Index, the primary driver for this decrease has been a fall...
