Retirement

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is threatening widespread industrial action over government plans to change current pensions policy in the public sector, including raising the retirement age from 60 to 65.

HM Revenue & Customs says it is aware of interest in setting up pensions arrangements intended to increase the value of an individual's pension rights at 6 April 2006, or rights in relevant schemes in an 'artificial' manner.

The Personal Finance Society will host its inaugural Conference, following its merger between Insurance Association (LIA) and the Society of Financial Advisers (SOFA) at the start of the year.

With working Brits already not saving enough, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) says the current pension system further fails individuals who change jobs or their pension provider during their career, picking up a number of small individual pension...

Adair Turner has approached the Investment Management Association (IMA) to examine cost-effective ways in which National Insurance contributions might be pooled and put towards a pension.

Tax confusion, a lack of information on pensions, along with an insecurity of not knowing how much they will get at retirement are still major barriers preventing individuals in the UK putting money into their pension, new research indicates.

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.'