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Xafinity: Possible scam activity in transfer requests falls marginally
Xafinity: Possible scam activity in transfer requests falls marginally

The frequency of potential scams in transfer requests declined three percentage points compared to last year, according to Xafinity.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 12 September 2017
ABI: Dashboard needs legislation to avoid patchy coverage
ABI: Dashboard needs legislation to avoid patchy coverage

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said legislation will be required to ensure the pension dashboard has wide enough coverage so it can work for everyone.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 06 September 2017
Govt urged to clarify link between SPA rise and minimum age to access freedoms
Govt urged to clarify link between SPA rise and minimum age to access freedoms

Experts have called on the government to clarify the relationship between state pension age increases and the age from when individuals can flexibly access their pension pots.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 30 August 2017
Industry embraces decision to increase state pension age
Industry embraces decision to increase state pension age

Most respondents believe raising it to 68 earlier than planned is good for the economy

  • Industry
  • 28 July 2017
ABI to launch interim phase of pension dashboard project
ABI to launch interim phase of pension dashboard project

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is set to establish and lead an interim phase of the pensions dashboard project to ensure it does not lose 'momentum' during the election.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 17 May 2017
Have your say: Should alternative measures of inflation be developed for schemes?
Have your say: Should alternative measures of inflation be developed for schemes?

This week we want to know if alternatives to CPI and RPI inflation measures should be developed for schemes and whether the government should limit how much investment risk NEST can take.

  • Industry
  • 16 May 2017
Theresa May is right to promise TPR powers to block M&As, says industry
Theresa May is right to promise TPR powers to block M&As, says industry

Respondents say watchdog needs more ammunition to stop corporate transactions that put schemes at risk.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 04 May 2017
Older households on modest incomes 'should be top priority' for next government
Older households on modest incomes 'should be top priority' for next government

A new government should focus on low to middle income households with people aged 50 up to state pension age, according to research.

  • Industry
  • 04 May 2017
Government raid on tax relief more likely after U-turn on NICs
Government raid on tax relief more likely after U-turn on NICs

Industry is worried the chancellor's back-down on NICs for self-employed increases chances of tax relief overhaul.

  • Industry
  • 24 March 2017
Spring Budget 2017: Treasury aligns tax regime for foreign and UK schemes
Spring Budget 2017: Treasury aligns tax regime for foreign and UK schemes

The government has confirmed in today's Budget that it will align the tax treatment of foreign and domestic schemes.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 08 March 2017
Budget 2017: The industry wish list
Budget 2017: The industry wish list

Ahead of tomorrow's Budget, PP looks at what the industry would like to see.

  • Industry
  • 07 March 2017
Nick Sherry: Mounting pension costs means governments 'will never stop meddling'
Nick Sherry: Mounting pension costs means governments 'will never stop meddling'

Western governments will never stop interfering in pensions due to affordability challenges arising from ageing populations, the former Australian pensions minister has warned.

  • Industry
  • 23 February 2017
Create scheme authorisation regime to intercept bogus transfers, govt told
Create scheme authorisation regime to intercept bogus transfers, govt told

A government proposal to limit the right to transfer to protect members from scams 'lacks ambition' and needs a much tougher approach, says the industry.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 14 February 2017
Kevin LeGrand: Government crackdown on scams is no silver bullet
Kevin LeGrand: Government crackdown on scams is no silver bullet

The government's proposals to clamp down on pension scams will not go far enough to stop fraudsters, according to the Pensions Management Institute's (PMI) president.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 07 February 2017
Flexibility on contribution increases would safeguard AE post-Brexit
Flexibility on contribution increases would safeguard AE post-Brexit

The government should consider introducing more flexibility to auto-enrolment (AE) increases to reduce the risk of opt-outs especially post-Brexit, according to Hugh Nolan.

  • Industry
  • 25 January 2017
Government must use AE review to drive greater engagement from public
Government must use AE review to drive greater engagement from public

The government must use the forthcoming review of auto-enrolment (AE) to move people from "inertia to engagement" on pensions according to an expert.

  • Industry
  • 24 January 2017
Unite demands meeting with energy minister over nuclear pensions reform
Unite demands meeting with energy minister over nuclear pensions reform

Unite has called on energy minister Jesse Norman to meet with trade unions to discuss proposed pension reforms for workers in the nuclear industry.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 10 January 2017
Have your say: Do master trusts need a lifeboat fund?
Have your say: Do master trusts need a lifeboat fund?

This week we want to know if there should be a lifeboat fund for master trusts in the event of insolvency and how it should be funded.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 03 January 2017
Readers would bet money on global equities and infrastructure in 2017
Readers would bet money on global equities and infrastructure in 2017

Equities and infrastructure are the top asset classes to bet on doing well next year, according to PP research.

  • Investment
  • 22 December 2016
Key points in the WPC's recommendations on DB reform
Key points in the WPC's recommendations on DB reform

Here is a summary of the most important points in the Work and Pensions Committee's (WPC) report on governance of defined benefit (DB) schemes.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 22 December 2016
Have your say: Which asset class will perform well in 2017?
Have your say: Which asset class will perform well in 2017?

In the final Pensions Buzz of 2016, we want to know which asset class you would bet on doing well next year.

  • Investment
  • 20 December 2016
Harrington hails 'great strides' as AE hits seven million mark
Harrington hails 'great strides' as AE hits seven million mark

Auto-enrolment (AE) has reached seven million people since it first launched four years, according to The Pension Regulator's (TPR) latest figures.

  • Industry
  • 13 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
Will a clampdown on cold calling and bogus transfers deter scammers?
Will a clampdown on cold calling and bogus transfers deter scammers?

The government has set out detailed plans to ban cold calling and give more powers to trustees to stop rogue transfers. Michael Klimes asks if it is enough to stop scams.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 12 December 2016
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