pensions

Back-office systems: Innovate before it's too late

Pension scam awareness tips to pass on to clients

A website is offering telemarketers access to hundreds of individuals it claims are interested in transferring their pots, for a small fee.

The number of platforms targeting advisory firms is likely to halve after 2017, according to Standard Life's David Tiller.

With the unprecedented Budget changes heralding new investment avenues for retirees, how can advisers pick the right solutions for their clients?

Rachel Vahey is head of pensions development at AEGON Scottish Equitable

Directors of Britain's top companies secured an average 23% increase in pension payouts in 2008 to almost £250,000 a year, despite most of the firms suffering steep falls in profits, The Guardian says.

Nearly half of employers with defined benefit schemes still open to active members think they will close them to future accrual within three years, Watson Wyatt research suggests.

Skandia has added pensions to its re-named platform price comparison tool, Platformwatch.

Recently, we had the opportunity to have a demonstration of ‘Pensions Profiler', one of the suite of products from O&M systems.