FTAdviser latest:Friends Prov calls for annual allowance cut

Story by: Rob Langston, FTAdviser

Friends Provident have called on Alistair Darling, chancellor of the exchequer, to make a cut in the annual pension allowance instead of removing higher rate tax relief ahead of the Budget.

  • Time published: 11:35
  • Date published: 17.03.2010
  • Published in: Pensions

Scottish Life revamps workplace marketing material

Scottish Life has relaunched its workplace material for its range of retirement solutions range of corporate pensions.

  • Date published: 15.03.2010

BDO says final salary members could claim windfalls

BDO Investment Management has urged members of final salary pension schemes to check the small print of their scheme rules in case they may be eligible to claim extra pension.

  • Date published: 15.03.2010

Money purchase members fall between the cracks

Some occupational money purchase scheme members are not covered by the Pension Protection Fund if their employer goes bust, the Court of Appeal ruled last week in a case know as the Imperial Home Décor case.

  • Date published: 11.03.2010

PPF looks to increase returns by diversifying assets

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has announced its intention to invest in a broader range of assets designed to bring greater returns, but without increasing the pension lifeboat's level of risk.

  • Date published: 10.03.2010

MetLife introduces guarantees for Sipps

MetLife has announced new guarantees for its self-invested personal pension (Sipps) and small self-administered scheme (Ssas).

  • Date published: 05.03.2010

Income in retirement is shrinking - MGM Advantage

Retirement income specialist, MGM Advantage has found the average retired household, where the main occupant is between 65 to 74 years old, now needs to find an extra £774.70 yearly to maintain the standard of living they enjoyed a year ago.

  • Date published: 04.03.2010

Lib Dems reject government pension freeze plans

The Liberal Democrats have decided to vote against the government's decision to freeze state pension top-up payments this April.

  • Date published: 04.03.2010

Private sector pension savings are in decline - ONS

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show a continuing decline in the proportion of private sector employees saving in workplace pensions and a shift from defined benefit to defined contribution pension provision, according to Towers Watson.

  • Date published: 04.03.2010

Experts unite against gov't tax plans

Pension experts are united against government plans to tax the pensions contributions of those earning over £130,000, a survey has found.

  • Date published: 04.03.2010

Features

An essential tool in an advisers' toolbox

Salary sacrifice has long been a key method enabling pension contributions to be made while saving on national insurance and possibly tax as well.

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 11.03.2010

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Letter: Stark reality of pensions must extend to MPs

John Redwood MP made a clear speech on 5 January during the second reading of Labour's proposed fiscal bill.

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 04.03.2010

Features

Keeping up with the times

How long people live on average is changing as we speak.

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 18.02.2010

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