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 .

Government pension policy for the over-75s could turn people away from saving in pensions, warns Alliance Trust.

Aegon Scottish Equitable is to expand its property portfolio by adding buy-to-let hotel rooms to its list of investments into self-invested personal pensions.

One of Britain's largest sellers of investment products is preparing to float on the stock market in a move which could net each of its two founders a £240m fortune, says the Sunday Times .

The government has announced Paul Thornton, managing director of Gazelle Corporate Finance, will lead its external review of organisations involved in the regulation and protection of workplace pensions.

Winterthur Life is to hold a new series of adviser workshops to highlight the priority pension issues for the coming year.

Schroders will try to fight back into the institutional market this month with a fund which allows small pension schemes to replicate the investment strategies of giant final salary schemes, according to the Times .

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