Uncategorised

PENSIONS remain the most popular vehicle to fund retirement, with 77pc of UK workers who save contributing to one, research reveals.

PROJECTIONS of future mortality have been omitted from the latest mortality tables adopted by the Actuarial Profession because of uncertainty surrounding future improvements.

TRUSTEES may have jeopardised their schemes' funding by using the so-called "Barber window" to tackle age equalisation issues, a lawyer warns.

A MASSIVE £12.1bn cash injection by the UK's biggest firms into their pension funds could lead to further scheme closures, Lane Clark & Peacock fears.

Government attempts to stop people using A-Day changes to recycle pension savings are "fruitless", an independent consultant claims.

Fresh players and innovative products will sweep away apathy towards annuities, pro-viders claim.

The Superannuation Arrangements of the University of London has appointed Newton Investment Man-agement to run a £70m continental European equity mandate.

COMPANIES are failing in their duty to provide financial advice for employees whose personal circumstances were affected by A-Day, new research shows.

MPs have slammed ministers for "misleading" scheme members over pension security and for trying to abandon 125,000 wind-up victims.

Foreign & Colonial Invest-ment Trust outperformed its benchmark by one percentage point over the half-year to June 30.