Investment

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Andrew Smith MP yesterday said the Pensions Protection Fund will ensure people's savings are "secure" if their company goes bust, contrary to previous government announcement admitting it will not offer any guarantees....

Pensions trustees, administrators and advisers have been issued with new guidelines to blowing the whistle on wrong-doings affecting occupational pension schemes.

The European Commission should avoid making changes to domestic pension regulation when introducing new cross-border legislation because the market still favours a national approach, warns the ABI.

JPMorgan Fleming is today urging government and industry to redouble efforts to recognise the role of pension advice in the face of new research showing defined benefits continue to wither.

British pensioners currently receive an income mirroring that of a graduate despite the fact their income has risen by one-quarter over the past decade, latest figures from the DWP reveal.

The UK government should consider adopting New Zealand's state pensions regime if it wants to shrink Britain's massive savings gap, says the Pensions Policy Institute.

IFAs now have less than 698 days, 11 hours, 58 minutes and 31 seconds to get their act together and prepare for pensions simplification introduction, according to the Scottish Widows' pensions simplification countdown clock.

Pension scheme members opting for an Alternative Secured Income when reaching age 75 will be able to nominate a person who is not a relative to receive any possible surplus funds upon their death, Scottish Equitable reveals.

Analysts at the Centre for Economic and Policy Research say their work suggests government and industry really have no idea about how to encourage long-term savings and may be putting forward policies that could be extremely damaging to pension savers...

Future pensioners face more means-testing as people become increasingly reliant on the state to provide them with a pension warns the Pensions Policy Institute