News

The government is to increase tax relief on investment in social enterprises and social impact bonds, Chancellor George Osborne says.

Increasing employer pension contributions driven by rising longevity, auto-enrolment (AE) and poor defined benefit (DB) scheme returns has held back wage growth, according to Treasury figures.

The state pension will be excluded from a proposed overall spending cap on benefits, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.

The UK's surprise economic recovery looks on course to continue as Chancellor George Osborne raised his forecast for UK growth over the next few years.

Deal with Dutch insurer Aegon marks French bank’s first major transaction in the longevity swap market

People across the UK will be unable to claim their state pension until the age of 68 from the mid-2030s rather than 2046 as previously planned.

Sage has launched an auto-enrolment (AE) administration add-on to its payroll software for small businesses.

The use of target date funds (TDFs) and outcome-orientated default strategies in workplace defined contribution (DC) schemes will eat away at lifestyle's hold on the market, research shows.

Deloitte plans to launch a service to help schemes move to flexible defined benefit (DB) structures in order to obtain better buyout deals.

Trustees of multi-employer defined benefit (DB) schemes may come under added pressure from sponsors due to changes in the Generally Accepted Accounting Practice in the UK (UK GAAP).