Investment

Fraudsters targeting pension pots in the wake of freedom and choice reforms are increasingly linking their efforts to investment scams such as fine wines and overseas property, Citizens Advice has warned.

Tony Williams highlights what the LPFA is doing to ensure employers within the fund are as secure as possible.

A proposed cap on redundancy payoffs in the public sector could limit early pension payments from the local government pension scheme (LGPS).

Schemes have been warned against expecting a rate rise this year after just one of the Bank of England's (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members voted for an increase this month.

The number of transfer value requests in defined benefit (DB) schemes doubled from January to July this year according to research from Xafinity.

Barnett Waddingham and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy (CIPFA) have partnered to provide support and training for pension board members in the local government pension scheme (LGPS).

Individual annuity sales at Legal and General (L&G) have fallen by more than half this year, and its bulk annuity business has failed to pick up the slack, figures show.

Here they are… The judges for this year's Professional Pensions Investment Awards.

Standard Life's profits have fallen 15% in H1 2015 as it suffered a 66% reduction in annuity sales from last June as a result of the pension freedoms.

Impax Asset Management has appointed Sally Bridgeland and Lindsey Brace Martinez as non-executive directors as Mark White steps down from a similar role.