FTAdviser latest:Regulator shifts legal to last resort

Story by: James Redgrave, Financial Adviser

Conflicts of interest in pension cases will now try to be resolved without legal involvement

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 09.10.2008
  • Published in: Pensions

Nearly £150bn is wiped from banks' market value in three years, says Digital Look

UK banks have seen their market value plummet by a total of £148bn in the last three years, according to the latest study.

  • Date published: 09.10.2008

Life Trust rolls out buy-out or buy-in alternative

Life Trust Insurance has launched a product to mitigate longevity risk in small- to medium-sized schemes

  • Date published: 09.10.2008

PwC wants independent body to police actuaries

PricewaterhouseCoopers wants actuaries' work to be monitored by an independent inspection unit and for pension schemes to include their liabilities in their accounts

  • Date published: 09.10.2008

O'Brien moves on at key moment

Industry experts express surprise at timing of O'Brien's departure

  • Date published: 09.10.2008

Younger generations pondering pension cuts, finds survey

Research from NAPF finds that those aged less than 35 will not save more as a result of the credit crunch

  • Date published: 09.10.2008

UK pension buyout market running out of capacity, warns Pension Corporation

Its research reveals that new capacity signifies an increase of more than 80 times the aggregate value of buyouts last year

  • Date published: 09.10.2008

Educate to increase work scheme participation, says Alexander Forbes

Teach people about asset allocation to reduce default investment option numbers are down, says David Marlow

  • Date published: 09.10.2008

Market turbulence wipes £45bn off final salary pensions

Final salary pension schemes have lost £45bn in asset values over the last few weeks as a result of the turbulent financial market.

  • Date published: 08.10.2008

PPF compensates a further four insolvent schemes

Four more schemes transferred to the Pensions Protection Fund (PPF) last month, resulting in a further 3,031 people receiving, or due to receive, PPF compensation.

  • Date published: 08.10.2008

Comments

The usual old story

The reduction in the number of independent pension firms has reached worrying proportions

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  • Date published: 06.10.2008

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Breathing in Altmann's common scents

The issue of funding for public sector pensions needs some consideration

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  • Date published: 25.09.2008

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A sacrifice worth making

Helping more advisers to offer salary sacrifice assistance can only benefit the industry

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  • Date published: 25.09.2008

It's time to unleash the potential of protected rights

New pensions legislation coming into effect from 1st October heralds greater control, investment choice and flexibility for protected rights. It’s time to unleash their potential writes Andy Pennie.

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