Pensions

Helen Morrissey talks to a panel of experts about the challenges and prospects for the SIPP market going forward

A contribution charge would provide "the only fair and practical solution" to funding personal accounts, says the ABI.

Each month, we ask our industry to answer one big question!

The Government has backed defined benefit (DB) schemes in today's Pensions Bill saying it wants the schemes to continue.

Only one in ten companies over the next three years are expected to remove their pension scheme liabilities, suggesting an increase in providers has not boosted business within the bulk annuity market.

Although pension deficits have now decreased to £26bn, the accounting measurement Financial Reporting Standard 17 (FRS17) is hiding the underlying volatility of scheme deficits, claims Aon Consulting.

Enhancements to pension transfer values is a practice which has been warned against by the industry for a while, but have recent decisions by government bodies and departments to crack down on the practice actually killed it off?

Recent volatility in global stock markets, which has seen the FTSE 100 fall 4.4% in three days, has caused UK pension deficits to rise by £11bn, claims Aon Consulting.

Let's face it - advising someone on whether they should transfer their deferred benefits out of a final salary scheme is one of the trickiest things for pensions advisers.

Schemes which earn a proposed pension quality mark could benefit from longer waiting times for new joiners once auto-enrolment comes into effect, says James Purnell.