Retirement

Political parties are ignoring the 'silver swingers' as they track down voters in the run up to Election Day, new research indicates.

The new Pensions Regulator revealed its new remit at an NAPF conference yesterday, two weeks before it replaces Opra which will cease to exist after 6 April.

A pensions expert has suggested that a Ministerial Statement read out in the House of Lords earlier this week, hints that family SIPPs might be taxed in some form.

The Self-Invested Personal Pension Provider Group (SPG) and the Association of Pension Trustees (APT) are in discussions about a possible merger.

Employees working for firms subject a takeover will be entitled to pension contributions after the deal is completed, under new regulations within the Pensions Act.

Pension firms are questioning proposals by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to continue to prohibit protected rights funds from being invested in Self Invested Personal Pensions.

Around 1000 people are so far intending to take the Chartered Insurance Institute's new pensions simplification update course just one month after its launch.

A leading pension provider has again called for the implementation of ‘soft' compulsion as a means of solving the pensions crisis without limiting employee flexibility.

A report finds that despite reforms to the pension system, the cost of public sector schemes will continue to grow over the next 30 years.

An IFA firm has questioned a leading pensions provider on its methods for combining existing pension policies into one annuity contract.