Investment

UK actuarial consultancy, Punter Southall will launch a series of solutions for companies, trustees and individuals to aid them through expected changes in legislation for A-Day.

Aegon has voiced its approval to the feedback, policy statement and implementation of the financial advice depolarisation advice 'menu', released by the FSA yesterday.

Much attention has been given to high earners being those who will be most affected after A-Day, however, amendments made after 6 April 2006 will leave more and more people requiring ‘sensible' pensions advice, says Bee.

A computer crash which has crippled benefit pension payments at the DWP since Monday has largely been corrected with nearly all users now able to access their business systems, according to the DWP.

New tax regulations are being introduced to encourage employers to increase the take-up of pension schemes within their workforces.

Christopher Read , chairman at Dunstan Thomas explains some of the lessons his firm has learned in helping to prepare intermediaries for mortgage regulation and how they could be applied to A-Day.

Pension specialist Wolanski will host a series of 12 workshops for advisers between the latter part of January and early February next year.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has warned Government they are living in a ‘fool's paradise' if they think abandoning means-tested benefits will solve the current pensions crisis.

Advisers need to turn their attention back to clients' demand for products and associated investments instead of attempting to supply as many options as possible, suggests Winterthur pensions strategy manager Mike Morrison.

When assessing the options on using residential property as a means for retirement, a pensions expert has cautioned ‘there are two ways to skin a cat'.