pensions

A straw poll of IFAonline readers is predicting the next government will spring a u-turn on all pensions changes recently announced.

Clerical Medical has launched an adviser guide on concurrency rules which it says could help advisers and their clients tap into an extra £46bn of tax relief available since A-Day.

Norwich Union has extended the deadline for its closure to new pension and annuity business in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man until June.

HSBC has teamed up with insurer Standard Life to target self-invested personal pensions at small to medium businesses and commercial customers of the bank.

The light dusting of precipitation otherwise known as snow did its usual trick of making the UK underperform for a day or two this week.

Trevor Matthews, chief executive of UK life and pensions at Standard Life, was this morning forced to apologise to staff for racist comments made in an internal pensions presentation.

It's not even at the end of January yet, and instead of easing us back into things at a nice easy pace the government is cracking the whip on pensions.

The Pensions Regulator has issued a warning and issued new guidance against the use of inducements in transferring scheme members out of DB schemes.

SEVERAL hundred Standard Life employees are expected to attend an open meeting on the company's proposed pension changes organised by the Amicus trade union today in Edinburgh, says the Scotsman .

A handful of the UK's largest banks and lenders are set to be landed with multi-million pound fines from the Financial Services Authority over the next few weeks for mis-selling payment protection insurance, reports the Independent .