pensions

We've had several responses to the government's latest marketing campaign for stakeholder products, the launch of which government officials deem to have been a "success".

BRITAIN'S PENSION funds transferred £20bn from equities into bonds between 2002 and 2004 as trustees became increasingly concerned about the volatility of the stock market and the effects of the ageing population, a study has found, reports the Times...

How do you think the FSA would respond if a financial services firm said something was a success when it had in fact been a failure? Could this be considered misleading under the terms of financial promotion rules?

GORDON BROWN on Tuesday bluntly rejected trade union demands for concessions on workers' rights and pensions, telling them there could be "no return to the old conflicts and disorder of the past", says the Financial Times .

The government has launched a consumer stakeholder awareness campaign which it says builds on the "success" of take-up so far and gives guidance on what individuals should invest in for the short, medium and long-term.

THE IFA network owner Misys faces a revolt next week over a controversial £1.2m retention bonus for two executives, despite offering concessions to leading investors, according to the Guardian .

Assumptions about improving mortality rates could be undone by a rising tide of obesity, undoing government policy in areas such as pensions, according to a keynote speech at a conference jointly organised by The Actuarial Profession.

A consumer survey commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions is unlikely to add anything to the pensions debate, despite this being the government's intention, say industry officials.

THE CONSERVATIVE Party is said to be looking at the prospect of a "flat tax" as part of a review of the tax system, according to the Times .

PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS should be compulsory for all employees, the Daily Telegraph quotes a leading business group as saying.