Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
The pensions landscape is braced for further changes, as a new Government is expected to continue reshaping pensions provision in the UK. The only certainty is that pension planning by the individual has never been more critical, in an age when other stakeholders seek only to reduce their commitment to pensions provision.
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Monday, May 10th, 2010

New rules on taxation may mean that standard company pensions are now an inefficient way of retirement saving for high earners, according to the pension benefits consultancy Pension Capital Strategies (PCS). Quality pensions advice from qualified specialists is needed to evaluate the new realities for members of company pensions schemes.
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Monday, April 26th, 2010

Every UK company will soon be required to offer pensions to all employees, following the launch of the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). However, employers who act now can still exempt themselves from NEST by setting up their own scheme.
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Government plans to review tax on high earners could hit many on salaries lower than the £130,000 target group. Those who receive a performance-related bonus, for instance, could be subject to hefty tax recovery charges.
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
It is important, when considering a pension transfer, that the correct assessment has been carried out on your existing pension, as well as a pension review on the pension product or wrapper that you are moving to.
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Three-quarters of final salary company pension schemes in the UK are now in deficit, potentially jeopardising the pensions provision of thousands of workers, according to the Pension Protection Fund.
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
The pensions ‘ice age’ has begun, with many of those approaching retirement realising that their pensions planning will not sustain the lifestyle they had hoped for. As a result, a quarter of men and 64% of women are planning to work beyond the state pension age, most of them listing financial necessity as the reason, according to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)*.
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Friday, January 8th, 2010

As the government rebrands its personal pensions scheme as NEST (National Employment Savings Trust), industry experts are warning savers not to wait for the new workplace pension scheme, which will not be fully operational until 2017.
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
If you are a pension saver with a defined benefit pension, you should treat with suspicion company initiatives to encourage you to transfer out of your pension scheme, in return for a lump sum.
Such lump sum offers, known as ‘enhanced transfers’, are increasingly common as companies strive to dismantle their highly expensive defined benefit pension schemes.
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
As Vodafone becomes the latest large employer to announce it will close its final salary pension scheme, the National Association of Pension Funds has published a new report which paints a gloomy picture for the future of the gold-plated schemes. Only 23% of final salary schemes are still open to new members, and of those, [...]
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