Retirement

SIPPs and SSASs administrator AJ Bell says proposals allowing individuals to set up pension schemes buying residential property from themselves are "madness", and that it is a mystery why the Inland Revenue would suggest such a thing given the difficulties...

Just over half of the 'official' employed working sector, or 14.3m people, are now in contracted-out money purchase arrangements, according to figures estimated by the Department of Work and Pensions.

Aegon Asset Management has nabbed David Roberts from Britannic Asset Management to become head of retail fixed income, with responsibility for the provider's entire retail fixed income range.

Time savings and diversification of risk will be the main benefits of Standard Life's new manager of manager pension funds, says Nathan Parnaby, managing director sales.

Legal & General says advisers should not forget the carry back rule to benefit clients claiming unused tax relief on pensions contributions in the 2002-3 fiscal year.

Those opposed to the introduction of additional compulsory pension contributions in the UK are likely to seize on news Japan is going to force workers and employers to increase contributions to the state pension system, which business groups there say...

UK pensioners have been hardest hit by the recent rise in council tax rates, the Pensions Policy Institute says, as the tax makes up a larger proportion of a retiree's total spending compared with the rest of the UK population.

Proposals for the Inland Revenue's simplification paper has open up several loopholes for 'fat-cats', industry experts warn.

The National Association of Pension Funds has today launched a new guide for employers in the hopes it will encourage companies to safeguard the future of Britain's workplace pensions.

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