Retirement
ABI grasps the pensions dashboard nettle, plans prototype
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is best placed to drive forward the delivery of a pensions dashboard, including the possible creation of a prototype, it announced on Thursday.
Retirement | 26 May 16
UK allowance changes drive retirement plan demand: Boal & Co
John Batty, technical sales manager at Boal & Co, looks at the current offshore retirement funding solutions and how they work for UK residents in light of recent regulatory changes.
Retirement | 26 May 16
FCA to cap pension exit fees at 1%
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority looks set to cap exit charges for existing contract-based personal pensions, including workplace personal pensions, at 1% of the value of a member’s pot.
Retirement | 20 May 16
Apfa’s Hannant brands BoE adviser criticism ‘unhelpful’
Chris Hannant, head of the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (Apfa), has hit back at Bank of England economist Andy Haldane’s remarks that financial advisers have “no clue” about pensions by branding them “unhelpful”.
Best Practice | 19 May 16
IFAs have ‘no clue’ on pensions – Bank of England economist
The Bank of England’s chief economist Andy Haldane has said that financial advisers have “no clue” about pensions, while admitting that he himself cannot make the “remotest sense” of them.