News
Phoney QE peace masks rising risk of instability
FT: Are the markets going mad? That is a question many investors might have asked in recent weeks, as stocks in the UK, eurozone and US – even as bond spreads decline.
Govt reviews pension rules in fight against liberation
MM: Pensions minister Steve Webb says the Government is considering legislative changes to tackle pension liberation following a clamp-down by regulators and a series of arrests earlier this month.
LGP forward funds fifth student accommodation deal
PP: Legal and General Property (LGP) has agreed to forward fund a £25.7m student accommodation scheme pre-let to the University of the Arts London
Pot follows member scheme launched for film industry
PP: Helm Godfrey has launched a multi-employer, auto-enrolment compliant pension scheme for the film industry
Public sector pensions 'will be reduced by a third' under reforms
Guardian: Four million people will be affected by the changes, although some will be better off
Final salary pensions in ‘meltdown’
Daily Express Pensions Minister Steve Webb yesterday said there may be no point trying to save the private sector schemes, also known as defined benefit (DB).
Webb pledges multi-employer DB reform as charities hit by ‘triple whammy’
Professional Pensions Pensions minister Steve Webb has created a working group to consider reforming multi-employer defined benefit schemes to help charities struggling with liabilities.
Member call volumes up by a quarter last year
Professional Pensions The number of scheme members contacting call centres for information about their pensions has grown significantly over the last year, says Equiniti Paymaster
Employers reject consultancy charging – L&G
FT Adviser Not a single employer enrolling through Legal & General chose to use the consultancy charging model, the firm has said.
NAPF: Young opt-ins biggest auto-enrolment surprise
Pensions Week Employees too young to be auto-enrolled have been a notable group opting in to workplace saving, the NAPF has reported, calling it one of the most interesting aspects of auto-enrolment so far.
MP says ex-workers facing hardship over pension probe delays
Retirement has a detrimental impact on mental and physical health, a new study has found.
UK schemes call for Dimon roles split
Partnership to retain enhanced annuity focus following IPO
MPs told of scale of Scottish independence pensions challenge
Aviva life and pensions new business down on 2012
L&G hails 90% hit rate from UK pensions reforms
Barclays let down society, says Church
Human rights org lobbies MPs to vote for same sex pension rights
Eurozone sets bleak record of longest term in recession
Analysis
Is the DWP undervaluing advice?
Ban on consultancy charges could lead to SMEs with poor auto-enrolment schemes
Authorities take no prisoners in fight against pension liberation
Automatic enrolment could push up number of damaging transfers
Flashes of innovation shown in Kodak deal
Time will tell if the Kodak deal is a success, but at least the trustees and sponsor have been given the chance to try something new
Pension reform enjoys second year in Queen’s speech
Disagreement over benefits of state pension reform
Small pots question still without an answer
Uncertainty persists over how the government’s small pots project will work in practice
Industry split over MPs' call for single pensions regulator
Heavyweight Commons committee throws its weight behind calls for one workplace savings regulator
The Solvency II saga will be determined by low politics
The European Commission’s proposals have become more about horse-trading than sensible changes to the system
Plans for an investor forum gathers pace as shareholder activism hits the headlines
Pension funds must lead the charge to get better value for members and business
Japan: Lessons from Abenomics
Japan’s newly elected prime minister has taken the country’s economy by storm, as he attempts to counter its long-standing deflation. The question is, can it last?
Hacking through the legal thicket of GMP equalisation
A European Court ruling in 1990 added to the confusion - 20 years later the pension industry is still none-the-wiser
Are pension funds missing a trick in abandoning equities?
PPF rapped over the knuckles
Did Margaret Thatcher kill defined benefit pensions?
Pension funds look to get a foot on the housing ladder
Fears over Malta and Slovenia could drive gilt yields back down
Pension reforms under fire
New watchdog hits town
Pre-packs have helped control liabilities
Wheels saga keeps on running
