pensions

The Actuarial Profession is lobbying the government and Pensions Regulator to take action over the issue of cash commutation in defined benefit pension schemes.

Rowanmoor Pensions has announced an expansion of its London operation including the opening of an additional office and the appointment of a new pensions consultant.

Winterthur Life has announced David Thompson, currently director of distribution, is to be the new managing director.

Pensioners living abroad could be losing up to £300m a year on their state pension through bank charges and exchange rates.

The Department for Work and Pensions has apologised ‘unreservedly' for its mistake in sending out 26,000 letters details pension rights to the wrong people.

Financial hari-kiri or just plain daft? Whatever you want to call it, single charge commission-paying group personal pensions and stakeholder are defying financial gravity, thanks to the generosity of some providers - or more precisely, their shareholders'...

A move by the Treasury to link pensions term assurance to pensions would create considerable costs for providers and advisers, says Andy Milburn, IFA market manager at Royal Liver.

Only having one default fund for personal accounts could leave the government open to the risk of being blamed when things go wrong, warns pension experts.

HM Revenue & Customs have finally published updated guidance on the position of tax relief relating to employer contributions into pensions, confirming the 'wholly & exclusively' rule will only be applied in limited circumstances.

Standard Life saw its life and pensions sales rise by over half in 2006 on the back of key changes at A-Day and a redirection of pensions investments towards sipps.