Punter Southall

Further changes to the tax relief available on pensions - as has been predicted ahead of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement this week - may destroy public faith in saving for retirement, according to financial services consultants Punter Southall.

Punter Southall Group has launched an at-retirement business focused on annuity broking and pre-retirement communications led by two former Origen executives.

The mortality rate in England and Wales continued to improve last year, prompting actuaries to warn of a knock-on effect on pensions.

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Investment management firm Brewin Dolphin has sold its pensions management division to actuarial firm Punter Southall.

Employers are lagging behind government policy on auto-enrolment into workplace pensions and it will be difficult to enforce their compliance, experts warn.

High earners who contribute 15% of their salary to a pension could be £18,000 a year worse off following the raft of tax changes introduced by the Government, Punter Southall warns.

The Pensions Regulator should speak out against the "rubbish" 8% minimum auto-enrolment contribution, a consultant says.

The expected charging structure for the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) has received a mixed reaction.

The Conservatives have pledged to reverse the multi-billon pound pension "tax raid" introduced in 1997 by then chancellor Gordon Brown.