Pensions

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is urging the government to scrap the 25% tax-free lump sum in a report published today (6 February), which also suggests including pension...

Veitchi (Holdings) Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme has completed an £8 million full buy-in for members of its pension scheme. The specialist service provider to the construction industry worked with...

Only one in 20 pension schemes expect to be able to provide dashboard data for all their members by the upcoming 'connection' date. The survey by Willis Towers Watson...

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has said its main goal is to extend the range and level of automatic enrolment (AE) as the organisation marks its 100th...

The government has confirmed that auto-enrolment thresholds will be held at their current levels for the next year. The decision was taken to “ensure the continued stability of the...

Retiring just two years after the future minimum pension age of 57 could mean an extra £22,000 in pension pots while waiting until age 66 could mean an additional...

With the prospect of a Labour government taking power in 2024 or possibly even sooner, the pensions industry should start preparing itself for potential changes in Whitehall. After 12...

Ten years on from the launch of auto-enrolment and two decades from the Pensions Commission that shaped it, the world of workplace pensions has been transformed. Reducing means testing,...

A moderate retirement is within reach for about 41.7 per cent of households, a decrease from 42.6 per cent in July, according to Hargreaves Lansdown. According to the HL...

Thousands of savers approaching retirement in September saw devastating falls in their fund value in the year to state pension age or their stated retirement age, with the average at-retirement...