News
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
Appointments
Hymans Robertson has added Beenesh Googoolye and Ritchie Thomson to its investment consulting team, after both left rival firm Lane, Clark & Peacock (LCP).
12 October 2016
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1 min read
Appointments
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has announced Mel Duffield, Nicola Mark and Colin Richardson have all been successfully elected to its councils.
12 October 2016
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1 min read
Investment
Greater transparency of costs and charges for pension funds could save the average pension fund £800,000 per year, The Association of Member Nominated Trustees (AMNT) says.
12 October 2016
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2 min read
Admin / Technology
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has formed a dedicated team to take forward its pensions dashboard project.
12 October 2016
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1 min read
