Retirement

The Government could sustain defined benefit (DB) schemes by deregulation and less intervention, says the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

Changes in defined benefit (DB) pension provision could open opportunities for investment managers, according to Threadneedle.

Winterthur has appointed a new investment distribution manager, pensions development manager and two business development managers to its team.

Consumers should register transitional protection of their pension benefits sooner rather than later to avoid significant tax penalties, urges management consultancy Watson Wyatt.

Premier Pensions Services (PPS) has launched a survey to find out what IFAs want in the SIPPs market.

Personal accounts and SIPPs will dominate the pensions market, says John Moret, director of sales and marketing at Suffolk Life.

Suffolk Life has launched a trust-based MasterSIPP enabling its customers to self-invest protected rights money alongside non-protected rights for the first time.

Large companies offer 70% of senior hires a defined contribution (DC) pension, according to research from Watson Wyatt.

Tomorrow, Swiss Re's retirement specialist, will not remove the option to convert pension policies to self invested personal pensions (SIPPs) at the end of the year.

More than 60% of Britons do not take advice about how best to minimise their inheritance tax (IHT) liabilities, according to research from Bradford & Bingley.