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Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories include Prudential Retirement urging schemes to insure member benefits, and the Universities Superannuation Scheme submitting its 2018 valuation.

  • Industry
  • 20 September 2019
A clear direction of travel: How scheme de-risking will evolve in 2019
A clear direction of travel: How scheme de-risking will evolve in 2019

Two consultancies predict a further acceleration in the bulk annuity market in 2019. Kim Kaveh looks at what schemes should consider.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 08 January 2019
Exclusive: Smart Pension to launch financial well-being app
Exclusive: Smart Pension to launch financial well-being app

Smart Pension will roll out an online financial well-being application to help members make decisions about their money in Q1 next year.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 22 November 2018
Annuities the 'missing asset class' for sustainable retirement income
Annuities the 'missing asset class' for sustainable retirement income

Retirees could benefit from more sustainable income and higher death benefits by including guaranteed income in the asset mix of their portfolios at retirement, according to research by Milliman.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 22 October 2018
LV= retirement sales down as DB transfer activity drops
LV= retirement sales down as DB transfer activity drops

LV= has seen a drop in sales for its retirement solutions products as defined benefit (DB) transfers dwindled, its half-year results have revealed.

  • Industry
  • 07 August 2018
High Court approves Royal London's GAR conversion proposals
High Court approves Royal London's GAR conversion proposals

The High Court has approved Royal London's plan to allow customers with guaranteed annuity rates (GARs) to convert their guarantees into a top-up for their pension pot.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 11 July 2018
Smart Pension and L&G to develop default retirement pathway
Smart Pension and L&G to develop default retirement pathway

Smart Pension and Legal & General (L&G) have partnered to create a workplace pension retirement income product that will combine drawdown and annuities.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 15 May 2018
Three years on: Over-55s encouraged to save more by pension freedoms
Three years on: Over-55s encouraged to save more by pension freedoms

Around one in ten (11%) workers aged over 55 say pension freedoms have encouraged them to save more since the rules came into effect in April 2015, Prudential has found.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 06 April 2018
Bulk annuity service launched in bid to revolutionise transactions
Bulk annuity service launched in bid to revolutionise transactions

A buyout tool which provides schemes with up-to-date pricing and comparisons between insurers has been launched by JLT Employee Benefits.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 22 March 2018
Prudential sells £12bn annuity book to Rothesay Life
Prudential sells £12bn annuity book to Rothesay Life

Prudential has sold £12bn in annuity assets to reinsurance business Rothesay Life as part of its M&G demerger announced today.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 14 March 2018
FCA's latest annuity rules 'fundamentally' flawed
FCA's latest annuity rules 'fundamentally' flawed

New regulatory rules which require providers and advisers to produce annuity illustrations will not solve the problem of consumer detriment as they are "fundamentally" flawed, according to Retirement Advantage.

  • Regulation
  • 22 February 2018
Hymans Robertson expands risk transfer team with partner hire from Prudential
Hymans Robertson expands risk transfer team with partner hire from Prudential

Hymans Robertson has appointed Michael Abramson as a partner and risk transfer specialist to grow its risk reduction offerings.

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  • 13 February 2018
Top predictions for bulk annuities in 2018
Top predictions for bulk annuities in 2018

The buy-in and buyout market is on course for a record-breaking year as demand continues to rise amid attractive pricing. Victoria Ticha looks at what to expect

  • Risk Reduction
  • 22 January 2018
Of Steel, Freedom and Choice
Of Steel, Freedom and Choice

Andrew Warwick-Thompson says in Port Talbot we are witnessing the detrimental impact of extending Freedom and Choice to DB schemes

  • Law and Regulation
  • 18 December 2017
Fragmented policy undermines spirit of pension saving
Fragmented policy undermines spirit of pension saving

The UK could face a retirement income crisis due to a lack of joined-up policy, according to research by the Pensions Institute. Stephanie Baxter takes a look at the findings

  • Law and Regulation
  • 01 December 2017
AE savers should default to drawdown at 55, annuities at 80, says CPS
AE savers should default to drawdown at 55, annuities at 80, says CPS

The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) has called for savers to be "automatically protected" in retirement by phasing them between drawdown and annuitisation.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 23 March 2017
Annuity yield index seeks to re-inspire confidence in market
Annuity yield index seeks to re-inspire confidence in market

An index has been launched by IRESS to compare annuity yields against equities, cash ISAs and drawdown.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 25 January 2017
Brexit subdues Q3 pension investments
Brexit subdues Q3 pension investments

The third quarter of 2016 saw new pension investments fall by £380m, bucking the trend of the previous two quarters.

  • Industry
  • 19 December 2016
Is partial annuitisation the best way to protect retirees?
Is partial annuitisation the best way to protect retirees?

The OECD believes annuities are part of the solution to prevent people running out of money in retirement. Michael Klimes asks how viable this is in the era of Freedom and Choice

  • Defined Contribution
  • 12 December 2016
How can members be empowered to avoid running out of money in retirement?
How can members be empowered to avoid running out of money in retirement?

Charges and poor returns can seriously reduce the amount of income people have in retirement. Michael Klimes looks at what can be done to help avoid these pitfalls.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 07 November 2016
Government bins plans for secondary annuity market
Government bins plans for secondary annuity market

The government has decided to scrap its plans to create a market for secondary annuities.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 19 October 2016
No systemic failure in enhanced annuity sales - FCA review
No systemic failure in enhanced annuity sales - FCA review

‘Small number' of firms asked to review sales

  • Law and Regulation
  • 14 October 2016
NEST consultation raises concerns about monopoly and competition
NEST consultation raises concerns about monopoly and competition

DWP's consultation into the future of NEST has generated some strongly contrasting responses about whether it should enter the at-retirement product market. Michael Klimes reports

  • Defined Contribution
  • 10 October 2016
What are the problems with existing default strategy design?
What are the problems with existing default strategy design?

Sue Pemberton looks at how default fund design will need to evolve following Freedom and Choice.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 06 October 2016
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