ISAs
The pensions dashboard can tackle the savings gap if it is personalised
Natanje Holt says the pensions dashboard could hold the key to helping people engage with their saving if it is set up correctly
PBUK: Samsung launches workplace ISA to tackle changing benefits landscape
Samsung has introduced a workplace ISA to address the changing savings priorities of its 1400 staff.
JLT's CEO urges industry 'call to arms' over data issues
Actions to tackle the lack of data quality must be spearheaded by the industry, according to JLT Employee Benefits' Bala Viswanathan.
Class 4 NIC reform could be answer for self-employed pensions
Royal London has come up with a plan to boost pensions coverage for the self-employed. PP looks at the details
Resolution Foundation: tax relief reforms could help lower earners save more
Reducing tax relief for higher earners and raising it for lower earners could save the government money and make the system fairer according to the Resolution Foundation.
Steve Webb: moving state pension age to 66 should have started much earlier
Former pensions minister Steve Webb has said reaching a state pension age of 66 by 2020 should have been done over a much longer period.
Government warned against moving to 'damaging' pension ISA
Radically reforming the pensions tax relief system could disincentivise saving, according to a report by the International Longevity Centre - UK (ILC-UK) and Age UK.
Aon calls the odds on pension tax relief reform
A flat-rate of tax relief is the most likely reform to appear in the Chancellor's March Budget according to Aon Hewitt‘s predictions.
ABI: pension ISAs could slash savings by a sixth in two decades
Introducing a pension ISA could dramatically lower savings and reduce the size of the economy over 20 years according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI).
Jamie Jenkins: flat rate of tax relief would still incentivise saving
Auto-enrolment (AE) would not be undermined if the Chancellor introduces a flat rate tax incentive in next month's Budget, according to Standard Life's Jamie Jenkins.
Room for positivity on freedom and choice but challenges remain
Helen Morrissey looks at PLSA research into the experiences of the first people to access retirement income freedoms.
Citizens Advice: half of self-employed people do not trust pensions
Self-employed people would rather invest cash into savings accounts, cash ISAs or property than pay into a private pension, according to research by Citizens Advice.
Michael Johnson lays out ten-point plan to reform tax relief
The government has been urged to scrap tax and national insurance relief on retirement savings and replace pensions with ‘ISA warehouses' in a radical shake up.
Can we rely on pension reforms to last?
Helen Morrissey says savers are right to be suspicious
Bringing pension transfers into the 21st Century
Michael Klimes examines whether attempts to grease the wheels of pension transfers will succeed
TUC welcomes tax relief green paper
The government's green paper on tax relief has been welcomed by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
TUC welcomes tax relief green paper
The government's green paper on tax relief has been welcomed by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
Changing tack on pension tax relief would be a disincentive to save
Flipping tax relief would undermine the pension system, not reinforce it
Why the industry fears 'ISA pensions'
Industry responds to wide-ranging consultation
Summer Budget: The announcements in full
A list of the key pension announcements in the summer Budget
Tax relief green paper: A chance to sort pensions once and for all?
The pensions industry has welcomed the wide ranging consultation on pensions tax relief launched today, but warned of the dangers of conflating pensions and ISAs.
A cap on exit fees? The government must go much further
Why an upcoming consultation should look at the whole range of ‘unjustifiable costs’ heaped on savers
Resolution Foundation: help poor through pensions
Universal credit (UC) rules penalise those on low incomes making it harder for them to put money into pensions says the Resolution Foundation.
Ros Altmann must establish 'grand vision for saving'
New pensions minister Ros Altmann must continue with the package of bold reforms that her predecessor began and focus on encouraging a "rebirth of savings culture" in the UK, Michael Johnson has said.
