Polarisation of the annuity market is set to cut profit margins for traditional ‘roll-over' annuity providers unless they adapt their business models, Hymans Robertson predicts.
City office property fell in value for the first time in more than two years last month, dropping 0.1%, data from IPD shows.
Government ministers have demanded the LGPS pool employer contribution rates for academy schools after some councils doubled contributions for academy employers.
Michael Bow's take on the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
The equivalent of £1 in every £5 raised in council tax in the UK goes towards funding the Local Government Pension Scheme, research from a tax lobby group claims.
There are now just a few spaces remaining for the Professional Pensions Communications Forum, to be held on 9 February, 2012.
Pensions minister Steve Webb has said the government does not want small employers to seek independent financial advice on auto-enrolment.
Goddard Perry Consulting has entered the auto-enrolment market with the launch of a regular premium master trust as a direct alternative to NEST.
Schemes are not appointing independent trustees because of concerns over cost, research reveals.