Displaying items by tag: pensions

Monday, 12 October 2015 10:52

The ISA warehouse: think tank's radical savings reforms

Michael Johnson, a research fellow and pensions analyst at the CPS

A radical overhaul of the pensions and savings system should include the creation of ‘an ISA warehouse’, a Centre for Policy Studies analyst has proposed.

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Thursday, 08 October 2015 10:39

Couples look to use pension changes to leave inheritance

A quarter of couples plan to take advantage of pension freedoms to make sure they leave an inheritance to their families, according to new research.

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Tuesday, 06 October 2015 11:42

New pension freedoms will be curtailed, predicts Groves

Partnership chief executive Steve Groves has forecast that the new pension freedoms will eventually be curtailed.

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Monday, 05 October 2015 09:13

Overgenerous grandparents risk leaving themselves short

Parents and grandparents who gift money to their grown-up children and grandchildren risk compromising their own standard of living by being too generous, according to a new study by Investec Wealth & Investment.

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Thursday, 01 October 2015 10:38

Growth expected in post-retirement advice due to pension reforms

The pension reforms and the rise in life expectancy are fuelling demand for financial advice during retirement, according to research among financial advisers.

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Wednesday, 30 September 2015 10:43

Neil MacGillivray: Time bomb ticking

Neil MacGillivray, chairman of the Association of Member-directed Pension Schemes and head of technical support at James Hay Partnership

Now nominations are nothing new, members have been able to nominate dependants to receive pension death benefits and beneficiaries to receive a lump sum.

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Wednesday, 30 September 2015 10:36

5m now in auto-enrolment pensions; opt-outs low

Auto-enrolment is celebrating its three year anniversary tomorrow (1 Oct) with 5m workers now enrolled and opt-out rates below expectations.

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Monday, 28 September 2015 10:19

Trackers popular with pension investors despite turbulence

FundsNetwork says that pensions investors have kept their faith in index trackers despite turbulent markets centred around China’s stock market crisis in August which saw many flee to defensive assets.

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Tuesday, 29 September 2015 12:17

Consumers say tax relief unimportant in pension decisions

New research has highlighted the extent of confusion about the UK pensions and savings system and how unimportant tax relief is to individuals’ decision making.

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Friday, 25 September 2015 12:12