The broader lesson is that retirement planning has entered a new phase. The industry's biggest success over more than a ...

The government will remove the two-year rule so that beneficiaries will no longer be taxable solely because tax-free pension ...

The chancellor has confirmed “every penny” of remaining surplus in the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (MPS) will be paid back to ...

Chancellor John Healey has confirmed pensioners with income up to the value of the full new state pension will be shielded ...

The government is set to make legislative changes in order to enable defined contribution (DC) scheme consolidation and ...

The government has confirmed it will make changes to HM Revenue and Customs’ definition of terminal illness to make it easier ...

Labour MPs have expressed anger at government plans to change course over paying back £1.2bn in remaining surplus to members ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has laid out the timetable for the implementation of its pension reforms. The government said its updated roadmap, published today (13 July), brings together ...

First, a shameless plug. A friend of mine, Mick Cash, has written, and self-published, a highly engaging book about the long ...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has today (11 May) released a “crucial” technical note giving more detail on its inheritance tax (IHT) on pensions rules. The document confirms families and executors will ...

L&G has confirmed the transfer of £2.45bn in assets and some 100,000 members from the Royal Mail Defined Contribution Plan ...

BPA Plus is now our standard proposition for new BPA transactions. The market response has been overwhelming, with ...