pensions

The new Pensions Regulator revealed its new remit at an NAPF conference yesterday, two weeks before it replaces Opra which will cease to exist after 6 April.

A pensions expert has suggested that a Ministerial Statement read out in the House of Lords earlier this week, hints that family SIPPs might be taxed in some form.

Employees working for firms subject a takeover will be entitled to pension contributions after the deal is completed, under new regulations within the Pensions Act.

A total of £14bn a year is being offered to 1.7m elderly and disabled people in the form of individual budgets to purchase care services, under proposals to reform social care in England.

Pension firms are questioning proposals by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to continue to prohibit protected rights funds from being invested in Self Invested Personal Pensions.

A leading pension provider has again called for the implementation of ‘soft' compulsion as a means of solving the pensions crisis without limiting employee flexibility.

A report finds that despite reforms to the pension system, the cost of public sector schemes will continue to grow over the next 30 years.

An IFA firm has questioned a leading pensions provider on its methods for combining existing pension policies into one annuity contract.

The Inland Revenue has admitted there is confusion thrown up by pension commencement lump sums and scheme pensions in the run up to A-Day.

Pension provider Scottish Equitable says a time-sensitive loophole could still make it possible to generate higher tax-free cash via a company pension scheme.