pensions

The Treasury Select Committee has criticised the government for the late timing of the u-turn on investing residential property in self invested personal pensions (sipp).

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has issued additional guidance on rules relating to employer contributions to pension schemes.

WILLEM Buiter, a former member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee and professor at the London School of Economics, yesterday called for an end to the regulatory regime that is forcing pension funds into buying long-dated government bonds...

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is planning to hold a series of workshops around the country to answer questions on the risk based levy.

ONLY A FEW people have so far been compensated by the government's £400m scheme for workers who have been denied their pensions, nearly two years after the project was announced, reports The Times.

Aegon UK is planning to build on its entrance to the individual annuities market to become one of the top five companies by the end of next year.

ACTION MUST be taken quickly to fill a dangerous policy vacuum created by the sudden abolition of a new corporate reporting rule, investors and governance activists warn today, reports The Financial Times .

Many occupational pension schemes could be in breach of new investment regulations relating to Statements of Investment Principles (SIPs), warns First Actuarial.

More than 200 clearance applications have been submitted to the Pensions Regulator by organisations worried they will be caught out by anti-avoidance legislation.

The Association of British Insurers is having second thoughts about meeting the challenge laid down by the government to come up with an alternative to the National Pension Saving Scheme, IFAonline has learnt.