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Calls for 'scam prevention minister' resurface as government grapples with industry for more support
Calls for 'scam prevention minister' resurface as government grapples with industry for more support

The scam ‘epidemic’ across the pensions industry needs better government intervention in the form of a specifically appointed minister, AJ Bell has reiterated.

  • Regulation
  • 26 March 2021
DWP questions trustees' understanding of 'S' in ESG in call for evidence
DWP questions trustees' understanding of 'S' in ESG in call for evidence

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking views on how trustees understand the role of social factors in pension scheme ESG policies.

  • Industry
  • 24 March 2021
FCA data reveals over £20bn of DB transfers between 2018 and 2020
FCA data reveals over £20bn of DB transfers between 2018 and 2020

Some £20.1bn of defined benefit (DB) pensions were advised to transfer between 2018 and 2020, while £10.2bn were recommended not to transfer, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) data reveals.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 18 January 2021
Workplace schemes mandated to 'nudge' members into pensions guidance
Workplace schemes mandated to 'nudge' members into pensions guidance

Occupational pensions schemes will be required to direct savers to take guidance on pension withdrawals under new provisions to boost engagement.

  • Regulation
  • 28 October 2020
'Ludicrous' and 'ridiculous' idea for scam prevention minister slammed
'Ludicrous' and 'ridiculous' idea for scam prevention minister slammed

A call for the government to consider handing responsibility for tackling pension scams to a specially appointed minister has faced backlash from PP readers.

  • Industry
  • 15 October 2020
Appoint a minister for scam prevention, government urged
Appoint a minister for scam prevention, government urged

The government should consider handing to a minister the specific responsibility for tackling the growing number of scams across the finance sector, AJ Bell says.

  • Regulation
  • 09 October 2020
Woodford investors potentially in limbo for further 12 months
Woodford investors potentially in limbo for further 12 months

Investors languishing in the gated, and now renamed, Woodford Equity Income fund could be forced to wait a further 12 months to get their money back, following the latest update from the fund’s administrator Link Fund Solutions.

  • Investment
  • 01 October 2020
A Covid-19 tax relief raid could exacerbate generational pensions divide
A Covid-19 tax relief raid could exacerbate generational pensions divide

With rumours once again swirling around the future of pensions tax relief in the run up to this year's Budget, any reduced incentive for long-term savers could risk further exacerbating the generational divide in pensions, says Tom Selby

  • Defined Benefit
  • 18 September 2020
RPI reform to cost schemes and investors up to £130bn
RPI reform to cost schemes and investors up to £130bn

Potential changes to the way the Retail Prices Index (RPI) is calculated and reported could cause assets to fall by between £60bn and £130bn, according to various estimates.

  • Investment
  • 21 August 2020
Why coronavirus could cause a 1990s-style bubble in risk assets
Why coronavirus could cause a 1990s-style bubble in risk assets

The coronavirus outbreak will significantly impact risk assets over the coming "years, rather than months", according to economist and author Anatole Kaletsky, who warned that central bank reactions to the illness could artificially inflate asset prices...

  • Investment
  • 13 March 2020
Update: Cost to Woodford investors revealed
Update: Cost to Woodford investors revealed

Investors in the LF Equity Income fund, formerly run by Neil Woodford, will receive 75.55% of the value of the assets of the fund in the first capital distribution, priced between 46p and 59p per unit they hold, Link Fund Solutions has said.

  • Investment
  • 30 January 2020
Link reveals price of first distribution to Woodford investors
Link reveals price of first distribution to Woodford investors

Investors in the LF Equity Income fund, formerly run by Neil Woodford, will receive between 46p and 59p per unit they hold in the fund for their first capital distribution, Link Fund Solutions has said.

  • Investment
  • 29 January 2020
Government announces March Budget
Government announces March Budget

HM Treasury has confirmed that the government will hold its Budget on 11 March.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 07 January 2020
DWP annual benefit statement consultation questions voluntary adoption
DWP annual benefit statement consultation questions voluntary adoption

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation setting out proposals for the adoption and launch of simpler annual benefit statements. Holly Roach reports

  • Admin / Technology
  • 18 November 2019
General election 2019: the pensions manifesto the industry wants to see
General election 2019: the pensions manifesto the industry wants to see

With political parties drawing up their manifestos for next month’s general election, Kim Kaveh explores the industry’s ambitions for future pensions policy.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 15 November 2019
Industry calls for simpler pensions tax system
Industry calls for simpler pensions tax system

The government should review pension tax rules and simplify the system, according to AJ Bell and the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA).

  • Law and Regulation
  • 14 November 2019
Life expectancy grows but slowdown in improvements continues
Life expectancy grows but slowdown in improvements continues

British people born between 2016 and 2018 are expected to live up to 4.2 weeks longer than those born in the 2015-17 period, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

  • Risk Reduction
  • 25 September 2019
Investment fraud reports surge to more than 8,000 so far this year
Investment fraud reports surge to more than 8,000 so far this year

More than 8,000 investment fraud reports have been made so far this year, more than double the amount in the same period last year, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.

  • Investment
  • 15 August 2019
Pension participation rises to 87% of eligible workers
Pension participation rises to 87% of eligible workers

AE has had 'truly staggering' impact

  • Defined Contribution
  • 05 June 2019
HMRC ditches appeal over lifetime allowance breach
HMRC ditches appeal over lifetime allowance breach

Accidental breaches of lifetime allowance fixed protections could no longer result in onerous tax bills after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) dropped its appeal of a landmark case.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 03 June 2019
SFGB renamed Money and Pensions Service
SFGB renamed Money and Pensions Service

The Single Financial Guidance Body (SFGB) will be rebranded as the 'Money and Pensions Service', the government has announced.

  • Industry
  • 04 March 2019
Savers overtaxed £400m by HMRC on pension freedoms
Savers overtaxed £400m by HMRC on pension freedoms

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has taken over £400m too much in tax from savers accessing their pensions since the introduction of Freedom and Choice in 2015.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 31 January 2019
Net pay issue to widen as AE lower earnings limit rise confirmed
Net pay issue to widen as AE lower earnings limit rise confirmed

Low earners in net-pay schemes will lose out on more pensions tax relief as the gap between auto-enrolment (AE) qualifying earnings and the personal tax allowance widens.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 04 December 2018
Four fifths of LISA users also save into workplace pensions
Four fifths of LISA users also save into workplace pensions

The Lifetime ISA (LISA) has not caused an exodus from workplace pensions as feared, research by AJ Bell finds.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 21 November 2018
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