pensions

Skandia has warned advisers to be cautious when using block transfers to consolidate pension funds, as it could lead to their client losing the right to higher levels of tax free cash.

It has irritated me for many months that people decide they will smoke outside my office in the covered area to hide from the rain. I do hope this will stop from the 1st July when the new law comes in.

The Public Administration Select Committee has further boosted the campaign to compensate 125,000 workers who lost their pensions when their schemes wound up, by stating recent government concessions "have not gone far enough".

Nearly two-thirds of advisers have seen an increase in Self Invested Personal Pension business since A-Day, claims Alliance Trust Savings.

Wholly and exclusively. Sounds more like part of a marriage pledge than something to do with pensions tax relief. Yet these three words have already created more heartache than a thousand divorces.

Aegon has increased the value of new business by 77% in the first quarter of 2007, with life and pensions new business growing 37% to £297m API.

The Consumer Panel has hit out at the regulator for not demanding firms directly contact up to 120,000 people potentially mis-sold in contracting out of the State Second Pension (SERPS/S2P).

April saw a 3% increase in the number of people wanting to save money rather than spend it, according to the latest ‘ MoneyMood ' survey from Legal & General.

Apathy about retirement is driving nearly two-thirds of workers to support auto-enrolment into pension schemes, claims new research from B&CE Benefit Schemes.

Life and pensions sales for Standard Life have risen over 50% in the first three months of 2007, driven by strong growth in Self Invested Personal Pensions, although figures reveal protection sales have fallen 44% year-on-year.