pensions

The HM Revenue & Customs has announced a change to the way commencement lump sums will be calculated following A-Day.

Half of UK companies with a turnover exceeding £1m are not yet prepared for pensions simplification, new research indicates.

UK investors must view another terrorist attack on the City as a matter of when rather than if, according to a senior police officer quoted in today's Financial Times.

An actuarial consultancy warns companies could end up having to fork out £1.5bn to support the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), more than five times more than government's original estimates.

In light of calls for a pensions reform and the ongoing debate, the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has questioned the merits of a modernised contributory state pension against a universal pension based on citizenship.

The confusion and uncertainty around the UK pensions system, will continue for at least five more years, despite government efforts at simplification, the head of pensions strategy at Scottish Life claims.

The pension deficits of FTSE 100 firms declined by nearly £12b during July, the biggest reduction since October 2003, says Watson Wyatt.

While nine out of ten advisers believe Section 32 is the best way for the majority clients to protect their tax free cash entitlement leading up to A-Day, research shows no further activity in the market, says Scottish Equitable.

A leading economist has hit out at the Turner Commission for wrongly focussing on a so-called ‘pensions saving' as the most relevant to the standard of life during retirement.

Its good and bad news as far as pensions go in this morning's papers with the Transport and General Workers' Union firstly reacting angrily to reports the "Phoenix Four" directors of MG Rover have pledged just £5,000 each towards a trust fund set up for...