All Annuities articles – Page 12
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OpinionHow to ensure your members get the best value at retirement
The annuities industry has come under increasing fire from all corners of the industry – but there are concrete steps that pension professionals can take to help members get value at retirement.
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News
Schemes told to offer annuity brokerage
News analysis: The shadow pensions minister has urged schemes to take a role in providing annuity brokering advice to ensure greater member purchasing power, but industry figures have raised concerns over how this could be implemented.
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News
Employees being left in lurch over annuities
In this edition of Informed Comment, Baker Tilly’s Mark Wilson looks at the factors in achieving good-value annuities, and whether employers are doing enough to help staff.
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News
What the ABI’s annuity tool means for your scheme
The Association of British Insurers' annuity comparison tool has been welcomed as a step forward for transparency, but experts have said more can done to get members the best deal.
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Opinion
Crucial retirement tools to benefit your members
The Annuity Bureau’s Richard Williams sets out the tools and techniques that schemes and employers can use to get value for their scheme members at retirement, in the latest Technical View.
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News
Royal Mail annuity broking gets almost total member take-up
Members of the Royal Mail Defined Contribution Plan have welcomed the scheme’s decision to default at retirement into an annuity broking service to maximise their retirement income.
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Opinion
The key steps to the best annuity for your members
How do you ensure members get the right form of retirement income for them? Premier’s Ray Tang looks at the steps to ensure good member outcomes, in the latest Technical View.
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Features
Case study: M&S’s approach to DC retirement
Engagement with members over their retirement date should start when they join the scheme, Marks & Spencer’s (M&S) technical manager has argued.
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Features
Inflexible DC defaults fail members, study finds
Owen Walker looks at the latest economic research into creating defined contribution (DC) default funds to help members maximise their retirement income.
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Features
How to encourage greater uptake of the OMO
Schemes have been urged to provide more detailed information on annuity options to ensure retiring members get the most from their defined contribution (DC) savings.
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Features
Admin warning on DB-DC transfers
Defined benefit (DB) schemes considering offering member transfers to defined contribution (DC) arrangements have been warned of administrative costs and falling foul of the regulator.