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4 days ago · Pensions Age is a UK-wide pensions magazine and internet site, offering comprehensive coverage of the financial, regulatory, and management issues facing the UK pensions sector. It focuses on a wide range of professional areas including portfolio management, asset allocation, investment, governance, regulation, administration, legal …
Long read: 'Relief' as Chancellor holds off on 'drastic' pension tax ...
5 days ago · Industry experts have broadly welcomed the omission of any "drastic" pension tax changes in the Autumn Budget, although there are concerns that this could have been a “missed opportunity” for some broader areas of reform. During her Autumn Budget, Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, announced plans to ...
Pension schemes urged to plan ahead to avoid delays in their risk ...
4 days ago · Pension schemes urged to plan ahead to avoid delays during “the home stretch” of their risk transfer journeys, LCP has argued. LCP has highlighted the increasing need for dedicated, experienced practitioners to help insurers and pension schemes “battle” with resource and data challenges when moving schemes from buy-in to buyout and wind-up.
DB pension transfer activity remains steady
29/10/24. Defined benefit (DB) pension transfer activity increased slightly in September, with an annualised rate of 15 members in every 1,000 transferring their benefits to alternative arrangements, XPS Pensions Group data has revealed. According to XPS, whilst there was slightly more volatility in the Transfer Activity Index over this quarter ...
About Us - Pensions Age Magazine
About Us. Pensions Age is the leading monthly magazine for Pension Funds, Consultants and Advisors to these funds. Pensions Age (paper version) looks to give in depth analysis and commentary on the major issues affecting the UK pensions sector. Launched in 1996 the title has built up to now boast the largest circulation in the UK pensions press ...
Pension transfer times reach new post-pandemic low
Oct 16, 2024 · Pension transfer times have reached their lowest level since the end of the pandemic in 2021, despite a continuous rise in transfer volumes, data from the OrigoTransfer Index has found. The Origo Transfer Index, based on data from the Origo Transfer Service, reported that the average transfer time through the service was 11.9 calendar days in ...
DB transfer activity settles at 'new normal' - Pensions Age Magazine
13/2/24. Defined benefit (DB) transfer activity appears to have settled down to a 'new normal' since it peaked in Q4 2021, although rising transfer values could lead to growing member interest in the year ahead, according to analysis from Barnett Waddingham. The tracker showed that while DB transfer activity reached a record high in Q4 2021 ...
Podcast Archive - Pensions Age Magazine
4 days ago · ESG and pensions engagement. Pensions Age editor Laura Blows discusses whether ESG really is the silver bullet to pensions engagement, and whether events such as COP:26 has amplified saver interest, with Stuart Murphy Co-Head of DC at LGIM, and Jo Phillips, Director of Research and Innovation at Nest Insight.
Labour's plans for pensions - what we know so far
Jul 5, 2024 · Following the news that Labour has won the 2024 UK general election, Pensions Age takes a look at what we know so far about the party’s plans for pensions. The exact detail on much of Labour’s pension policy is yet to be shared, although the 2024 manifesto provided some insight into the party’s plans, including its pledge to conduct a pensions review to consider what further steps are ...
Pensions de-risking: what it really means
Mark Duke explains what a successful pensions de-risking plan should look like. De-risking is a slogan applied to many of the actions being taken by trustees and sponsors running defined benefit (DB) pension schemes. But, like all slogans, it conceals a diverse and complex pension landscape. The rationale for de-risking is clear.