Retirement

As many as 50% of 30 year-olds could live to age 100, according to Paternoster, the insurance company that takes on responsibility for defined benefit (DB) scheme risks.

Xafinity Consulting, the employee benefits and pensions consultancies, will host defined benefit (DB) pension scheme workshops next month.

The Government's deregulatory review shows even more caution than previous recommendations, says actuarial consultancy Punter Southall.

The Association of Friendly Societies (AFS) has elected Andrew Townsley as president.

Prudential's UK sales fell 20% to £529m in the first nine months of 2007, according to the provider's interim results.

The National Association of Pensions Funds (NAPF) has welcomed Government moves to ease the regulation burden on employers providing pension schemes.

Barclays has announced a deal with Aegon Scottish Equitable to become the first UK protected investment provider to offer its range through a SIPP.

The Government has been very focussed on achieving political consensus on pensions, with some success especially on state pension reform. But on one area of pensions it's failed completely. No-one outside Government would pretend that the current rules...

Lamp posts have a right to stand vertically! In Britain we take it for granted, they stand tall and erect. In southern Spain where I spent ten days resting recently it is a totally different story.

Coventry Building Society has appointed Mike Philps as equity release manager.