FTAdviser latest:240% more board members hold DB schemes than other staff

Story by: Gemma Westacott, FTAdviser

Two-hundred and forty per cent more UK board members are enjoying defined benefit pension arrangements than the category covering 'all other staff', according to the seventh annual Origen Employee Benefits Survey.

  • Time published: 12:34
  • Date published: 19.06.2009
  • Published in: Pensions

Two-tier Personal Accounts scheme 'not a turn off'

Fears that people may opt out of Personal Accounts due to a two-tier charging structure are unfounded, according to Aegon UK.

  • Date published: 18.06.2009

Wyatt sees low Personal Account popularity

One in five employees without alternative pension savings are likely to opt out of Personal Accounts, according to financial services experts at Watson Wyatt's debating forum.

  • Date published: 18.06.2009

Personal Accounts to hold pensions paltry

Many personal accounts will only pots totalling around £2000 according to new research from Institute for Fiscal Studies.

  • Date published: 18.06.2009

Pada to begin recruiting trustees in Q3

The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (Pada) will begin recruiting a board of trustees to manage the personal accounts scheme after its implementation in 2012 in the coming months.

  • Date published: 16.06.2009

Personal accounts will only result in limited savings

Many individuals will only accumulate relatively small amounts in their personal account, according to new research from Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

  • Date published: 16.06.2009

One in five employees will opt out of personal accounts

One in five employees without alternative pension savings are likely to opt out of personal accounts schemes, according to two-thirds of financial services experts at Watson Wyatt's debating forum.

  • Date published: 12.06.2009

Pada is 'less of a threat' to corporate schemes

The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority is becoming less ambitious about the numbers that will opt to save for retirement in the scheme, according to Aegon.

  • Date published: 11.06.2009

Osbourne raises "grave concerns" over personal accounts

The shadow chancellor George Osbourne has promised to repair the current tax system, while also raising "grave concerns" over personal accounts, in a speech to the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

  • Date published: 09.06.2009

Two tier charging would not adversely impact personal accounts

Fears that people may opt out of personal accounts due to a two tier charging structure are unfounded, according to Aegon.

  • Date published: 04.06.2009

Features

Retirement outcomes

Creating an occupational pension scheme that works is in everyone's interest

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 18.06.2009

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The sooner the better

The concoction of longevity, the A-Day simplification and the pending personal accounts all adds to the retirement planning melting pot.

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 28.05.2009

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A dangerous game of cards

Personal Accounts have great potential but can make things worse if rushed into implementation

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 21.05.2009

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