All pension reform articles – Page 7
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OpinionGive it a rest
Editorial: A bit of signposting, scheduling and detail. That’s what most seem to be expecting for the pensions industry in Wednesday’s Autumn Statement.
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Opinion
LPFA: Forging working groups with common goals
Talking Head: The LPFA’s Susan Martin considers the tangible goals and timetable for LGPS change that could come out of the Autumn Statement.
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Opinion
Data crunch: Annuities market being reshaped, not destroyed
We are seeing the annuity market being reshaped before our eyes with astonishing speed. It is sometimes said that pension freedoms have destroyed the annuity market, but is this true?
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OpinionShadow pensions minister: Building awareness v expensive publicity
From the blog: Since I became shadow pensions minister the three major issues on my desk every week are the pension freedoms, auto-enrolment and the new single-tier state pension.
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OpinionRaining blows
Editorial: You’ve probably seen it already. The broadside delivered to the Local Government Pension Scheme by the Centre for Policy Studies’ Michael Johnson, in a letter to the FT this week.
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OpinionIncentivising savings – or reducing tax reliefs?
There is still no certainty about the future tax treatment of pensions. The Society of Pension Professionals’ president Duncan Buchanan explains why we might just end up with the system we have got.
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Opinion
Altmann: Government needs your help to revise charging model
Talking Head: Pensions minister Ros Altmann requests the pensions industry’s help to transition away from schemes with member-borne charges.
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OpinionLords leaves Osborne stumped
Editorial: A Lord’s makeover is overdue and changes to the institution are in train, it was confirmed this week.
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OpinionWhy auto-enrolment must be our #1 priority
Talking Head: The PLSA’s Graham Vidler on why the latest tranche of employers need full support in order to ensure the success of the initiative.
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OpinionMonstrous waste or gargantuan success?
Editorial: Nothing says workplace pensions like an oversized, multicoloured, Furby-type thing. I am, of course, talking about the mascot featured in the government’s latest advertising campaign on auto-enrolment.
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OpinionPension Wise weakness flags need for employers to step up
From the blog: The Work and Pensions Committee has rightly criticised Pension Wise this week for providing a service that is too impersonal and limited in scope.
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Opinion
Johnson: Pension ostriches need a shakeup
Letter: Robert Gardner’s excellent article ’Collective response to an unprecedented problem’ screams ‘unsustainable’: something has got to give. The question is what?
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OpinionA real crowd PLSA
Editorial: The NAPF annual conference is the pinnacle of pensions jollies and the event this week had an added buzz in the air. While the industry still faces some uncertain times, it was enjoying what seemed to be a greater sense of stability in its own identity compared with this time last year.
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News
Fear of 'pensions implosion' raised as NAPF annual gathering kicks off
NAPF 2015: Delegates at the National Association of Pension Funds 2015 Annual Conference heard a tale of two halves from outgoing chair Ruston Smith in his opening address today.
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OpinionCollective response to an unprecedented problem
Talking Head: This week’s National Association of Pension Funds conference was a great opportunity for debate, the central question being: Can we use the energy of discussion to power a collective response to an unprecedented pensions crisis?
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Opinion
Webb: Why widening the AE net risks its delicate consensus
From the blog: There is currently a logical fallacy in the pensions world that runs like this: First, pensions are a Good Thing. Second, millions of people are excluded from auto-enrolment.
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News
Isa set-up fails to win over pensions crowd
The industry has broadly rejected a wholesale shift of the current pension tax system towards an Isa-style approach, but some have woven together several ideas in an attempt to better incentivise saving.
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Features
What prep have trustees made ahead of any tax changes?
Any Other Business: John McDonnell has laid bare his plans to end austerity and tackle the deficit by taxing the rich.
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News
Pension dashboard could 'fail in its objective'
Pension dashboards enabling savers to view their retirement assets in one place are set to become a reality, but commentators have questioned how they will be funded and some fear they could do “more harm than good”.
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OpinionMaxing the power of pensions message is well worth a try
Editorial: It's been a mammoth week for pubs since the Rugby World Cup kicked off to a great fanfare.