Redington managing director Marian Elliott picked up the Adviser of the Year award at PP’s Women in Pensions Awards. She talks to Holly Roach about her success.

The lifetime allowance will rise to £1,073,000 from next April as inflation in the year to September stands at 1.7%.

Schemes with poor record keeping should be handed harsher punishments, say the majority of this week’s 83 Pensions Buzz respondents.

Estimates of the amount of money needed for a ‘modest’ retirement can vary by up to £500,000, according to research from Aon.

The buyout deficit of FTSE 350 pension schemes has reduced by £2.5bn since the introduction of Freedom and Choice due to an increased number of transfer exercises, Barnett Waddingham has found.

The number of employers and advisers looking to change their pension provider has increased by nearly two thirds this year, according to research by Aviva.

The government will pay out £21bn in income tax relief for pension contributions this tax year, while national insurance relief payments will rise to £18.7bn, according to statistics from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

Capital Cranfield client director Judith Maguire scooped the Trustee of the Year accolade at this year’s Women in Pensions Awards. She talks to Holly Roach about her success.

Three-quarters of self-employed workers agree it is important to save for retirement, and more than half want help with it, according to NEST.

The GMP Equalisation Working Group has published its first guidance note to assist schemes in undertaking the process. Holly Roach discusses what schemes should do next