Retirement

More than a third of British small to medium sized firms (SMEs) are oblivious to any changes in the pensions legislation on 6 April next year, new research indicates.

Standard Life has introduced a set of new initiatives aimed at supporting advisers ahead of A-Day.

Half of those in retirement do not intend to take a tax-free cash lump sum from their pension fund, new research indicates.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has sent out an updated resource pack to insurers this week, to help them to ensure their marketing and publicity material for life and pensions products is ‘clear, fair and not misleading.'

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) says millions of working Brits could be exposed to poorly-governed pension schemes, creating a ‘governance vacuum'.

Close to four in ten current Sipp investors would look to use their Sipp for property purchase, following new pension rules post A-Day, research indicates.

A pensions expert has called for industry to lobby against the intention of the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to tax all transfer lump sum death benefit (TLSDB).

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has published a discussion paper aiming to gain consensus on the application of the Inheritance Tax (IHT) law where it relates to new situations within the new simplification regime.

A pensions expert says it is too late to backtrack on pensions simplification, with the wheels already in motion towards 6 April 2006.

Three major governing pensions bodies have signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding with the objective of improving pension security.