DB pensions
Best Practice | 15 Aug 18
Should mandatory advice be extended to drawdown?
Complexities of drawdown mean DIY investors risk disastrous outcomes
Regulator warns 12 DB pension schemes over transfer activity
The UK Pensions Regulator has written to the trustees of 12 different defined benefit (DB) pensions schemes regarding transfer activity.
Best Practice | 31 Jul 18
New regulations for DB pension transfer advice
Five years on from the introduction of auto-enrolment, and three years on from pension freedoms, the UK retirement planning landscape has undeniably changed. David Denton, head of international technical sales at Old Mutual Wealth, explains.
Best Practice | 9 Jul 18
12 tips to keep DB transfer PI costs down
Professional Indemnity insurers have a problem with pension transfers, so broker Howdens has put together 12 things advisers can do to help mitigate the risks and the costs.
Pension transfers hit record £10.6bn in first quarter
The belief that UK pension transfers peaked in 2017 has been proven wrong as figures from the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) show £10.6bn flowed out of defined benefit schemes in the first quarter of 2018.