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Retirement

Six ways to boost your pension pot
Six ways to boost your pension pot

Putting together a pension fund can be tricky to tackle, whether you have just set foot into the world of work, or have been working for years and are approaching retirement. Emily McKinnon looks at effective ways of saving for retirement.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 09 August 2019
Targeting the key to DC success
Targeting the key to DC success

Targets for retirement income can help individuals improve outcomes for retirement. Paul Waters looks at how such an approach can work

  • Defined Contribution
  • 26 March 2019
Good communications are more important than ever
Good communications are more important than ever

Malcolm Mclean says getting the channels of communication right and engaging more openly is a good starting point

  • Admin / Technology
  • 15 February 2019
Why should a rising star join pensions?
Why should a rising star join pensions?

Girish Menezes says we must not forget our young pension professionals and rising stars are critical stakeholders within the equation

  • Industry
  • 14 February 2019
Richard Butcher: Are we on the brink of a new opportunity?
Richard Butcher: Are we on the brink of a new opportunity?

The PLSA's Richard Butcher says we should all work harder to reconnect with the saver, be open with them and tell them the truth

  • Industry
  • 23 January 2019
Bulk annuity and consolidator adviser K3 launches in pioneering move
Bulk annuity and consolidator adviser K3 launches in pioneering move

The first specialist independent firm advising pension schemes on bulk annuities or moving to a consolidator has been set up with ambitions to shake up the market.

  • Industry
  • 17 January 2019
Adrian Boulding: My pension predictions for 2019
Adrian Boulding: My pension predictions for 2019

NOW Pensions' director of policy says this will be the year when the net-pay anomaly becomes too awkward to ignore, and predicts LISA will have its own lifetime curtailed

  • Law and Regulation
  • 03 January 2019
'Healthy' life expectancy falls for women but improves for men
'Healthy' life expectancy falls for women but improves for men

Females can expect to live a greater number of years in poor health than males, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for 2015 to 2017.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 13 December 2018
UK workers need to save less for retirement than other countries, finds research
UK workers need to save less for retirement than other countries, finds research

Fidelity International has created global retirement savings guidelines to help employers and employees understand how much is needed to save for retirement, writes Kim Kaveh.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 14 November 2018
Pensions minister: AE is working, people are saving long term
Pensions minister: AE is working, people are saving long term

Guy Opperman says as contribution rates increase, millions more people will be able to look ahead to retirement with confidence

  • Law and Regulation
  • 08 November 2018
Pensions need more government focus following Budget
Pensions need more government focus following Budget

Nigel Peaple says the government should set a clear objective for tax relief as the first step in making the system work better for savers

  • Law and Regulation
  • 07 November 2018
The DC prosperity illusion and what DB can teach us
The DC prosperity illusion and what DB can teach us

Analysis by Cardano finds the increased cost of lifetime inflation-linked retirement income has significantly outstripped investment performance. Stephanie Baxter looks at the findings

  • Investment
  • 31 October 2018
Theo Kocken: Why it would be disastrous to mix pre- and post- retirement members in CDC
Theo Kocken: Why it would be disastrous to mix pre- and post- retirement members in CDC

Theo Kocken says a collective approach to pensions is, at best, only half right for the UK

  • Industry
  • 11 October 2018
NEST: Aligning financial value with values will help our members
NEST: Aligning financial value with values will help our members

Diandra Soobiah says the sector must look at how to use positive examples of where value and values might align to build more trust and engagement among pension savers

  • Investment
  • 10 October 2018
Three quarters of NEST members want their pensions invested responsibly
Three quarters of NEST members want their pensions invested responsibly

A survey conducted by NEST highlights its members' views on responsible investment. Kim Kaveh explores the data

  • Investment
  • 05 October 2018
Lessons from Lehman for pension trustees
Lessons from Lehman for pension trustees

A decade after the crisis, Rory Murphy says the industry must embrace the same approach to consumer engagement that is benefitting innovators in banking and retail

  • Industry
  • 05 September 2018
Let's talk about inequality
Let's talk about inequality

Tim Sharp says the way we pursue retirement provision can amplify or dampen divisions experienced in working lives

  • Industry
  • 29 June 2018
Bulk annuity service launched in bid to revolutionise transactions
Bulk annuity service launched in bid to revolutionise transactions

A buyout tool which provides schemes with up-to-date pricing and comparisons between insurers has been launched by JLT Employee Benefits.

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  • 22 March 2018
Prudential sells £12bn annuity book to Rothesay Life
Prudential sells £12bn annuity book to Rothesay Life

Prudential has sold £12bn in annuity assets to reinsurance business Rothesay Life as part of its M&G demerger announced today.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 14 March 2018
How we can bridge the gender gap in pensions
How we can bridge the gender gap in pensions

On International Women's Day, Kim Kaveh says evidence shows the gender gap in pension savings is still far too big, and looks at ways to close it

  • Defined Contribution
  • 08 March 2018
Over 750,000 scheme members at risk of passing pensions to the wrong person when they die
Over 750,000 scheme members at risk of passing pensions to the wrong person when they die

Hundreds of thousands of people coming up to retirement are at risk of their pension being given to an ex-partner when they die, Royal London research finds.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 26 February 2018
How we can get people to love pensions
How we can get people to love pensions

Graham Vidler says government and industry have the perfect opportunity to deliver a consistent message about the value of saving for retirement

  • Industry
  • 01 February 2018
UK savers in the dark on planning for retirement
UK savers in the dark on planning for retirement

Four in five members of UK pension schemes do not know how to utilise savings pot for retirement, according to research by MFS Investment Management.

  • Investment
  • 16 January 2018
How to bridge the intergenerational gap in pensions
How to bridge the intergenerational gap in pensions

The Association of Consulting Actuaries has proposed a 'national flexible ISA' and tax reform to improve intergenerational fairness. Kim Kaveh looks at how these would work

  • Industry
  • 15 January 2018
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