pensions

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.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published a series of three independent reports examining hybrid, or risk sharing, pension scheme designs.

Less than 10% of wealthy UK adults are convinced the State will be able to provide them with enough cash to live through retirement, new research indicates.

An extra £2bn in National Insurance (NI) rebates is needed to compensate those employers and members of company pension schemes opting out of the State Second Pension (S2P), new research indicates.

Product research firm Defaqto has produced a report in the s32 offerings of 15 pension providers, suggesting Clerical Medical, Prudential and Scottish Life offer the best options on the market.

Individuals contracting out of the state second pension (S2P) scheme could find themselves with £4 per week less than if they remained within the scheme, sparking a possible investigation into mis-selling claims by the Financial Service Authority (FSA)....

As much as £6.5bn is expected to be invested in property through Sipps in the first year, following the implementation of new rules at A-Day on 5 April 2006, new research indicates.

Repeated warnings about the importance of saving continue to be ignored as less than two out of ten (17%) UK adults have a savings vehicle, new research indicates.