National Insurance
Defined Benefit
Most of the industry believes employers are unlikely to absorb the increase in national insurance contributions, according to PP research.
28 April 2016
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5 min read
Law and Regulation
DB is to become more costly under reforms to NI contributions. PP looks at the options for sponsors.
25 April 2016
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
The biggest stories this week were backlash over Bentley's plans to pass NI costs onto DB members, Rothesay Life buying two-thirds of Aegon's bulk annuity book, and speculation over the future of the British Steel scheme.
15 April 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
Bentley Motors has been criticised over plans to pass £1.4m of national insurance (NI) costs onto the 1,300 members of its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.
14 April 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has received backlash over plans to pass £18m of national insurance (NI) costs onto its 27,000 defined benefit (DB) scheme members.
21 March 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
As the Chancellor presents his Budget today, PP looks at what could come up for pensions.
16 March 2016
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3 min read
Risk Management
Data cleansing is an increasingly important step in the path to bulk annuities especially with growth in medical underwriting. Kristian Brunt Seymour explores how it can benefit schemes.
22 February 2016
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7 min read
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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3 min read
Employee Benefits
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) is launching its consultation into the closer alignment of income tax and national insurance contributions (NICs).
02 December 2015
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Employee Benefits
Use of EBTs amounted to 'redirection of earnings' and therefore subject to tax, court decrees
04 November 2015
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