Retirement
Retirement | 10 Nov 16
Long-term care needs expected to drive demand for UK advice
Advisers in the UK are set to be inundated with work planning for long term care needs of savers, a new survey by Just Retirement Partnership suggests.
Best Practice | 7 Nov 16
UK government urged to scrap pensions triple-lock
The UK’s pension triple-lock will “worsen the economy”, is “heavily skewed” towards baby boomers, and should be scrapped, according to the Commons Work and Pensions Committee.
Sovereign Group cuts fees on Rops
International pensions provider Sovereign Group has removed ‘ad hoc’ transactional fees from all its new and existing recognised overseas pensions scheme (Rops) products.
Best Practice | 3 Nov 16
New pension transfers qualification launched by the CII
The UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has launched a new pension transfers qualification to support those seeking to provide specialist advice, both domestically and internationally.
Retirement | 3 Nov 16
Pensions regulator pursues Philip Green over BHS
The UK’s Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched enforcement actions against Philip Green, the former owner of the collapsed British department store BHS, and other previous owners, aimed at seeking redress for 20,000 pension scheme members.