DB pensions

Retirement | 11 Jul 16

Advisers expect the shift from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) pensions to drive both the number of new business enquiries and the size of portfolios a new survey shows.

Retirement | 6 Apr 16

Changes to UK pension rules, implemented a year ago, have boosted the retirement confidence of over a third (34%) of those retiring in 2016. As a result, nearly a third (31%) are more likely to seek financial advice, indicating a future win for retirement planners.

Retirement | 24 Nov 15

Insistent clients seeking pension freedoms under the UK’s new rules are creating a conflict of interest for financial advisers in relation to transfers of defined benefit pension schemes, according to the UK’s Personal Finance Society.

Tax & Technical | 19 Nov 15

Darion Pohl, chief executive of Prism Xpat provides an expert view on the factors an adviser needs to take into account when considering a defined-benefit pension transfer to a recognised overseas pension scheme for a UK retiree planning to retire overseas.

Retirement | 9 Nov 15

The retirement for 26,000 members of the Philips UK Pension Fund has been secured as the country’s largest full scheme insurance buyout has concluded.