Barnett Waddingham
Legislation
MPs have criticised the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) over its communication of pension reforms and called for urgent changes to the information being sent to people approaching retirement.
11 January 2016
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Law and Regulation
Malcolm McLean looks at what 2016 holds for the pensions industry.
06 January 2016
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Law and Regulation
People drawing retirement income from annuities will be able to sell their contracts from 6 April 2017, the government has confirmed.
15 December 2015
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Risk Reduction
Insurers completed bulk annuity transactions of £2.5bn in the third quarter, bringing total benefits insured in 2015 to around £6.9bn.
23 November 2015
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Employee Benefits
Almost 5.5 million people in 60,000 firms have been automatically enrolled since 2012, according to the latest government figures.
20 November 2015
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Law and Regulation
Almost 5.5 million people in 60,000 firms have been automatically enrolled since 2012, according to the latest government figures.
19 November 2015
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Industry
Baroness Altmann said that there was "so much misconception" around the flat-rate state pension, and admitted the changes were "mis-sold".
12 November 2015
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Investment
The trustee of the Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund (MNRPF) has appointed Towers Watson to provide fiduciary management services to the £850m scheme.
09 November 2015
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Law and Regulation
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been criticised for spending more than £8.5m on a campaign to promote awareness of auto-enrolment.
22 October 2015
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