pensions

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 .

It is likely that the 2012 London Olympics will be heavily subsidised with taxpayers' money. I don't have any complaints with that. After all, this is a once in a generation opportunity for the UK to host what is probably the greatest show on earth.

HM Revenue & Customs is warning advisers they will be writing to around one million pensioners to remind them of the intended changes to the way Retirement Annuity Contracts will be taxed.

High net worth clients thinking about transferring pension funds when emigrating to Australia need to take action before the end of June, warns Standard Life.

The government will cap the taxpayer's liability for civil service pensions should increases in life expectancy exceed expectations, Pat McFadden, the Cabinet Office minister responsible for the civil service, said yesterday, reports the Financial Times...

It's the same every year. The frantic build-up. The hive of activity, with people running around planning and preparing. Making lists, checking things off. And then the dawning of the big day itself, with the anticipation of what may come. The pleasure...

Shortfalls in defined benefit pension schemes could provide a new business opportunity for advisers using the concurrency rules introduced on A-Day, says Skandia.

Underlying longevity and investment risks of final salary schemes could see more schemes using inflation swaps and bulk annuities to try and reduce their liabilities.