All Politics articles – Page 12
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OpinionThe art of effecting change
Editorial: The Budget announcement brought changes welcomed and less welcomed by the industry, such as the tax on qualifying recognised overseas scheme transfers and the money purchase annual allowance, but it was the focus on the self-employed that might give a flavour of what is to come.
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NewsSpring Budget focus on self-employed lets industry hope for more
The chancellor’s focus on the self-employed could pave the way for bringing the group into the pension system, some experts have said, as the spring Budget brings no significant news on pensions.
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NewsPLSA kick-starts year-long diversity debate to improve pensions
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association is moving into new territory by starting a year-long focus on diversity with the aim of achieving better pensions, but has restricted its efforts to gender questions.
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Pressure grows to provide pre-1997 inflation-proofing
Pensions minister Richard Harrington has demanded that the chief executives of companies including Hewlett Packard Enterprise and 3M explain their refusal to grant discretionary increases to members with benefits accrued before 1997.
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Opinion
Is it time for DC defaults to embrace ESG?
Large defined benefit funds and defined contribution mastertrusts have long been using their investments to engage with or divest from companies involved in controversial practices. Now, a renewed public focus on environmental, social and governance issues, as well as corporate reporting, could convince more to follow.
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Hollis: Bring invisible women into AE system
The UK’s pension system is failing “invisible women” who do not meet the auto-enrolment earnings threshold and are punished for leaving work to care for children, Labour peer Patricia Hollis has warned.
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OpinionWhat earns you trust?
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).
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Select committee: Scare negligent employers into funding with 'nuclear' fines
The Work and Pensions Select Committee has called for “nuclear deterrent” fines – tripling the amount currently payable – to be levied against employers seen to be shirking pension responsibilities, in its report into defined benefit pensions.
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Discrimination, indexation and tax relief's survival: Top law and regulation stories from 2016
Year in review: As if Brexit didn’t pose enough challenges, regulators, lawyers and two successive pensions ministers have had a lot on their plate in 2016.
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Opinion
Key takeaways from the finance bill 2017
Eversheds’ Tom Meyrick takes a closer look at the finance bill and what it means for pensions.
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Cold-calling ban could strengthen scheme powers to block transfers
The government has launched its consultation on pension scams, proposing bans on pension-related cold calls, limits on the statutory right to transfer and tighter regulations for setting up potentially fraudulent schemes.
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Ownership or nudge? How to make auto-escalation work
The pensions industry and government must instil a sense of “personal ownership” over pensions in currently underprepared members if auto-enrolment is to achieve its aims, pensions minister Richard Harrington has said.
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OpinionEnable savers to take ownership of their money
Pensions minister Richard Harrington takes a look at auto-enrolment and says what he expects from the pensions industry to create a better savings culture.
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OpinionAutumn Statement: Last but not least
Editorial: Chancellor Philip Hammond has tried his best to deliver an Autumn Statement the pensions industry would for once be pleased with.
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NewsChancellor proposes ban on cold calling, refrains from pensions tax overhaul
In his first and last Autumn Statement, Chancellor Philip Hammond swapped the timing of the Budget and the Statement but had comparatively little to say about pensions for now; one of the larger measures – a consultation into pensions fraud – was welcomed by the industry.
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OpinionWhere to look for global credit investments
Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Jeremy Cave suggests where investors should look to find credit investment opportunities.
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OpinionTackle covert discrimination in auto-enrolment
From the blog: In recent months, much attention has been given to the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign. This has brought the issue of gender inequality in pension legislation into sharp focus.
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Draft Lisa rules attempt to prevent AE opt-outs
Providers of the lifetime Isa should warn savers that substituting their pension for the product will mean they lose out on employer contributions, draft rules published by the Financial Conduct Authority have proposed.
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FeaturesWhat the industry wants to see in the Autumn Statement
Autumn Statements became mini Budget announcements under the previous chancellor. Looking to the new regime, what advice does the industry have for Philip Hammond before he announces his first set of plans on November 23?
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OpinionTrumponomics
Editorial: The US election result should not really have come as a surprise to UK investors who experienced the Brexit vote.