The government must take advantage of its majority to push through further reforms to auto-enrolment, says James Phillips.
There are some significant influences affecting the annuity market, and they could actually be just the start. Vince Smith-Hughes takes a look at what's going on
The government set "tougher targets than expected" in yesterday's Budget, fund managers say.
Employer Financed Retirement Benefits Schemes do fall under government anti-forestalling legislation, the Budget confirmed.
The government's decision to calculate public sector pension liabilities using Consumer Price Inflation rather than Retail Price Inflation will hit lower earners hardest, a consultant warns.
Employer tax rate cuts will help offset auto-enrolment pension costs, Hargreaves Lansdown says.
UK - HM Treasury has trebled its estimate of the one-off costs that pension schemes, employers and individuals will incur as a result of the tax on higher earners' pension contributions it is introducing from 2011, Towers Watson said.
HM Treasury has trebled its estimate of the one-off costs that pension schemes, employers and individuals will incur as a result of the tax on higher earners' pension contributions it is introducing from 2011, Towers Watson says.
Tax efficient arrangements such as employer funded retirement benefit schemes could come under heavy government scrutiny following yesterday's Budget, a consultant warns.
Government proposals to reform public sector pensions will not meet Alistair Darling's affordability target, a consultant says.