pensions

Aegon Scottish Equitable is preparing for a new series of roadshows to bring advisers up to date with the latest Budget and regulatory changes to the pensions landscape.

Gordon Brown has refused to apologise for the decision to abolish tax credits on dividends which is estimated to have cost occupational pension schemes around £5bn a year.

Many Eastern European countries, including the Baltic States and Russia, have adopted a flat tax system. The theory behind flat taxes contains two main arguments. First, by having a single rate of tax, the system is simple; people understand what they...

From October pension schemes will have to file certain information electronically, as HM Revenue & Customs says it will reject any paper returns received after the deadline.

In the absence of the UK Parliament providing pensions news, attention turns to the European Parliament and the Committee of Inquiry into the collapse of Equitable Life.

Overcautious advice is preventing pension scheme trustees from making important rule changes to their schemes, claims First Actuarial.

The latest instalment of the online ‘ Trustee Toolkit' covering strategic investment has been released by the Pensions Regulator.

Sipp providers face fresh challenges from all angles now new sipp regulations have come into force, argues a Defaqto report.

In contacting the Liberal Democrats press office this week to get their response to the Treasury and Gordon Brown's defence of the abolition of tax relief on dividends, they replied "there's not much more we can really add to what we've already said"....

The decision to remove tax credits on the payment of dividends to pension schemes was ‘unhelpful' but only one of several reasons why workplace pensions have come under increasing pressure, warns the National Association of Pension Funds.