Treasury

The government has begun consulting on how insurers can use gender as a risk factor after a European Court of Justice ruling said providers could not charge different premiums to men and women because of their sex.

Jonathan Stapleton calls for clear AE policy

Pension funds could soon have to bear the cost of a Europe-wide tax on equity, bonds, 
currency and derivative transactions, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds

Pension funds should steer clear of alternative investments like hedge funds, commodities and private equity to help shake up the capitalist system, delegates heard.

Sackers associate Fuat Sami looks at changes to compulsory annuitisation law

Andrew Short looks at the number of threats to the cashflows of the Local Government Pension Scheme

A war of words has broken between chief secretary of the Treasury Danny Alexander and unions after the revised public sector pensions offer.

State pension reform plans are set to heap extra cost burdens on public sector worker contributions, hitting scheme members with a "double whammy" of additional pension tax, analysts warn.

Council scheme bosses slam cost-saving proposals as too complex for members

Unlock pensions pot and watch the first-time buyers return; Treasury courts pension funds; Default retirement age end hailed; Boost for open market on annuities; Tax warning for defined benefit members; Physiotherapists and civil servants hold strike...