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Over half of technical queries received by SIPP operator Curtis Banks over the past month have concerned the subject of death benefits.
Mercer has unveiled Mercer Money, a personal finance and ‘financial wellness’ platform allowing a company’s employees to manage their pensions and personal finances in one place.
Pension savers who were overtaxed on Pension Freedom withdrawals have been repaid £535mm by HMRC since 2015. 
New figures published today by HMRC show that a total of £30bn has been withdrawn ‘flexibly’ from pensions, taking advantage of the new ‘pension freedoms’ introduced in 2015. 
Trade association PIMFA, which represents 1,000 investment managers and financial advisers, has called on the FCA to “raise the bar” instead of banning contingent charging.
A nursery and its main director are to be prosecuted by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) for trying to avoid providing their staff with a workplace pension.
40 million UK adults are “rolling the dice” when it comes to their retirement, admitting that they either have not or did not set savings targets for their retirement.
I joined the industry at the start of 2005, when A-day was approaching and a whole new world of simplified pensions was on the horizon.

The State Pension is set to see a significant boost in April with an increase predicted to be around 4%. 

Today’s Queen’s Speech, at the state opening of Parliament today, has brought the Pensions Dashboard closer and unveiled a number of other measures.
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