Retirement

An amendment to the pensions bill on national insurance contributions is in danger of not being passed by the House of Commons because it is "technically flawed", according to the Government.

Almost half of adviser firms are planning to stick with their chosen SIPP provider three months after the introduction of SIPP regulation on 6 April, according to research by Merchant Investors, a pensions and investments provider.

Rowanmoor Pensions says the market is turning against ASP, or at least pushing members of pension arrangements against it, for all the wrong reasons.

ADVISERS could be missing out on a major business opportunity if they do not keep up to speed with the retirement market, according to Peter Quinton, business development director at retirement market specialist Living Time.

ADVISERS could be missing out on a major business opportunity if they do not keep up to speed with the retirement market, according to Peter Quinton, business development director at retirement market specialist Living Time.

There's been a lot of discussion about personal accounts in the last few weeks. In mid-June the DWP issued its statement on the responses it received to the White Paper consultation earlier this year, and took the opportunity of making some decisions...

A third of company pension schemes ensure contributions do not rise unsustainably by placing an emphasis on higher equity outperformance in their recovery plan than in their technical provisions.

Pension disclosures of the FTSE 100 have achieved a £4bn overall surplus for the first time in over five years, according to Pension Capital Strategies (PCS), a pensions risk management and recovery adviser.

Complaints to the Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) about poor administration in personal pension arrangements have risen by 43% in the last year, according to its annual report. Administration complaints accounted for more than 30% of the total complaints...

As pioneers of SIPP, James Hay had good reason to believe it was on to something very big.  But we couldn't have predicted the seemingly exponential growth that the SIPP market has shown in recent years.