Editorial: The defined benefit green paper published this week has caused consternation in many parts of the pensions industry, which expected to see a more decisive take on the issues facing DB.
LGPS gets LTA and AA modelling tools, but tax complexity limits benefits
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February 23, 2017
The Local Government Pension Scheme has introduced a check tool for members as the lifetime and annual allowances complicate life for those with large defined benefit pensions and higher salaries.
Taxing times
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February 17, 2017
Editorial: The industry’s responses to the government consultation on a lower money purchase annual allowance are set to be almost entirely negative.
In the same boat?
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February 10, 2017
Editorial: As sales of adult incontinence pads in Japan have reportedly overtaken infant nappies, the effects of demographic change have implications beyond supermarkets’ toiletry shelves.
Looking for a silver lining: Focus shifts to housing wealth as pension incomes hit a high
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February 9, 2017
Analysis: As the intergenerational fairness debate continues, what do the statistics say about the incomes of young and old in the UK?
Elephant in the room
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February 3, 2017
Editorial: The topic of women, work and pensions remains a huge unresolved problem, as Patricia Hollis reminded the pensions community in her speech earlier this week.
Cracks show over member involvement as MPs debate mastertrusts
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February 1, 2017
As the pension schemes bill on tougher mastertrust regulation is passing through parliament, some have called for making member involvement in mastertrust governance mandatory, but is it feasible?
No featherbed
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January 30, 2017
Editorial: Happy Chinese new year! The year of the fire rooster has begun – the first of its kind in 60 years, so is there anything we can predict from looking at the last one?
What earns you trust?
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January 20, 2017
Editorial: Gloomy predictions led to a sliding pound ahead of Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech on Brexit last week, but instead her assertions meant that sterling rose, bringing some hope to currency markets (and those of us who are looking to travel this year).
Government urged to pick up the pieces of failing mastertrusts
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January 19, 2017
The mastertrust legislation horse is being put before the cart now that the pension schemes bill has reached the House of Commons, as the debate is shifting to who will be the 'funder of last resort'.