Retirement

There is a 'menu of possibilities lurking behind' the two proposed models for personal accounts, says a senior official from the Department for Work and Pensions.

Proposals for personal accounts have moved away from a general low-cost scheme to targeting a specific group of undersavers, says the National Association of Pension Funds.

The Conservative Party has called on the government to press ahead with the state pension reforms, including restoration of the link to earnings.

A noteworthy aspect of recent pensions reforms has been the willingness of senior civil servants to engage actively with stakeholders. The image of faceless bureaucrats is no longer appropriate and, in person, the top people in Whitehall are generally...

The first Pensions Bill on state pension reforms could be delayed until the spring.

Liberal Democrat plans for a ‘greener' tax system which includes abolishing higher rate tax relief on pensions have been endorsed at the Party Conference.

As the debate over alternatively secured pensions (Asp) seems to have gone ominously quiet, its good to know there are still people thinking outside the pensions box.

One in five members of defined benefit schemes could discover they will only receive 50-60% of their pension if their scheme was to wind up now.

The pensions white paper risks being ‘too little, too late' says the Society of Pension Consultants.

The Pension Protection Fund has persuaded the government to change the regulations to make it easier for scheme actuaries to complete section 179 and section 143 valuations.