Scotland would have to fund additional pension costs of around £450 per working-age person per year, the UK government has warned.
In a paper published today, Scotland analysis: Work and pensions, the Department for Work and Pensions said over the next 20 years “extra expenditure on pensioners would rise to around £1.4bn higher per year” in total
The Pensions Regulator has published its first automatic enrolment report under section 89 of the Pensions Act 2004, warning employers of the consequences of non-compliance
Aegon has today announced it will be applying the 0.75 per cent auto-enrolment charge cap for all new business written from 31 August 2014
The Financial Reporting Council is today consulting on its two-yearly review of changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code with a strong emphasis on ensuring remuneration policies are designed with the long-term success of the company in mind
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Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s latest Scottish independence pension claims are “simply ludicrous”, the Scottish National Party has said
The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision in favour of Honda employees in the UK receiving a higher scale of pension benefits than previously thought
The GAD rate is set to remain at 3 per cent next month before its countdown to terminus following announcements made in the Budget
The government should scrap tax relief on pension contributions and replace it with a Treasury contribution of 50p per £1 saved, the Centre for Policy Studies has argued
Just Retirement has launched a one-year fixed-term annuity in response to Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget announcements
Scottish independence could damage savers' pensions north of the border as the current risk and resource sharing platform would be broken up, Gordon Brown will warn later today
Retirees can expect to see their annual income drop by two thirds when they leave the workplace, despite last month’s Budget announcement offering increased flexibility around how an individual can take their pension, LV= has said
Scottish Widows has announced it will implement a 0.75 per cent charge cap ahead of the government deadline of April 2015
With the government focused on tackling the issue of small pension pots, Peter Davy looks at the ‘pot follows member’ versus ‘aggregation’ debate, and explores the other options available
Pension schemes can find themselves paying members too much for a variety of reasons. While overpayments can usually be recovered, Nadine Wojakovski finds that under some circumstances members will not have to return the funds
Following the release of the ABI and Department of Health’s Social care funding: Statement of intent, Laura Blows explores the increasing role the pensions industry will have in helping people save for long-term care
Bernard Abrahamsen explains the opportunities illiquid credit can provide for pension funds as banks move away from this sector
Mark Wood looks at the problems that arise from the new proposals for pension schemes to support the growth of their sponsors
Sally Ling looks at the increasing role illiquid credit can play in pension funds’ investment strategies, and how schemes can access them
John Belgrove covers some of the factors investors should bear in mind when looking at infrastructure debt
Alistair Wilson looks at how the fixed income markets have behaved so far this year, and the effect this has on pension scheme funding
Mark Jones explains why pension schemes need to digitise their data, particularly in preparation for legislative changes in 2016
The good times have been back for a while when it comes to infrastructure investment. But getting access to the right party isn’t straightforward, finds Marek Handzel
Stewart Patterson explains the importance of taking the correct actions, at the appropriate time, when managing pension scheme risk
As the pensions industry continues to undergo a series of reforms, Laura Blows explores why the time is now right to improve its reputation and how this can be achieved
