News
Defined Benefit
The Post Office has moved a step closer to shutting its defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual in March 2017.
13 October 2016
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1 min read
Law and Regulation
The Transparency Taskforce (TTF) has called on the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) to establish an inquiry into costs and charges for savers.
13 October 2016
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1 min read
Law and Regulation
The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) is to be involved in selecting future chairpersons of The Pensions Regulator (TPR), it has been revealed.
13 October 2016
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2 min read
Industry
Most respondents in this week's Pensions Buzz think allowing people to use pensions to buy homes is a bad idea.
13 October 2016
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
An agreement has been reached on how to compensate members of the Nortel pension scheme after years of negotiations since the company went bust in 2009.
13 October 2016
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
The estimated value of a defined benefit (DB) transfer grew by a modest £2,000 over September, according to Xafinity.
13 October 2016
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2 min read
Law and Regulation
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) needs more funding and staff rather than a larger suite of powers, the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has been told.
12 October 2016
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2 min read
Investment
The pensions and investment industry needs to be much more explicit about the objectives of active management, according to former Investment Association (IA) head Daniel Godfrey.
12 October 2016
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2 min read
Law and Regulation
Tax relief reductions have lowered the allure of pensions relative to other savings products, potentially costing the government billions of pounds in lost tax revenue over the long term.
12 October 2016
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3 min read
