pensions

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.

A piece of European legislation is posing a big headache for government and industry in working through the intricacies of pensions reform policy.

A completely independent body needs to be set up to offer generic financial advice, according to the Pensions Policy Institute.

Around 70% of advisers believe clients will have to learn to accept higher levels of risk when planning for retirement, claims Lincoln Financial Group.

HM Revenue and Customs has published further guidance clarifying A-Day changes on tax relief for employer contributions by owners and controlling directors of companies.

Scottish Life new pensions business has fallen 9% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2006, following a slump in the group pensions sector.

Time is a strange construct; sometimes it seems to go ever so slowly and other times far too fast. In the world of pensions, this is further confused by the fact that a year does not always last 365 days.