Retirement

The Pensions Regulator has published guidance on the provision of lump sum death benefits.

Synesis Life, a company set up specifically to enter the bulk annuity market, has made a new appointment to its board.

Pensions seems to have finally sunk into the public consciousness suggests a new report by The Pensions Advisory Service.

The latest consultation on the best way to calculate pension transfer values has been issued by the Government.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today authorised Paternoster as a life assurance company.

The secretary of state for work and pensions, John Hutton, has called for a cross-party consensus on pension reform in a debate in the House of Commons yesterday.

There has been a dramatic deterioration in the proportion of people saving for their retirement in the last twelve months, research from Scottish Widows reveals.

The Pension Protection Fund's medium term strategy reveals it plans to improve the speed at which cases are assessed and transferred into the fund.

The government should not be complacent about the risk of employers levelling down pension contributions if personal accounts are implemented.

Scottish Life has introduced a new online facility for its range of pension products.