Friday, July 9th, 2010

The Government is to alter the inflation index used to calculate payments from many company pension schemes. The measure, which could affect up to half of UK company pensions, will mean less pension income for members
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Continue to base your pension planning on retirement at 65, even if you are hoping to work into retirement, says Friends Provident. Health or other issues could well shatter your plans for a longer working life. Click headline to read more.
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Up to 69% of employers confess they still do not understand the requirements and cost implications of auto-enrolment of employees into a pension from 2012 – even though the admin alone could cost £1,000 per worker, per year.
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Friday, May 28th, 2010
Fifteen of the FTSE 100 companies now have company pensions liabilities that are greater than the equity market value of the company. Experts predict that this spells the end of the final salary pension scheme.
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Over 33m UK adults (68%) say they have put retirement planning on hold, and will not give up work on their official retirement date, according to the new Real Retirement Report by Aviva.
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
The more you earn, the more likely you are to pay attention to good pension planning, either by joining a company pension scheme, or setting up a personal pension scheme. Lower earners and the self-employed are the social groups most likely to neglect pension planning, according to new research from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Friday, May 14th, 2010
Marks and Spencer and the Wedgwood Museum are the latest to report crippling debts from their occupational pensions schemes. Employees must increasingly consider private pension schemes, as final salary pension schemes continue to shut down.
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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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Friday, April 30th, 2010

The average UK retired household pays out 30% of pension income to the taxman, according to new data published by insurer MetLife Europe.
UK pensioners lose this large slice of their pension income through a combination of direct and indirect taxes, which nets a total of £34 billion for the Revenue.
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Aviva has become the latest large UK employer to propose an end to final salary pensions. Its own employees and those of subsidiary RAC would instead be offered defined contribution pensions moving forward. Unions say the move could cut their final pension pots by a third.
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