Pensions

Government urged to act on pensioner tax overpayments

Commenting on today's National Audit Office report which estimates that 1.5 million pensioners are paying more tax than they need to, John Andrews, Chairman of the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group, said: "This damning report sadly comes as no surprise.

Personal Finance Society partners with Beat the Pensions Crisis

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has announced its partnership with Beat the Pensions Crisis, a new enterprise that empowers consumers to improve their retirement finances through clear guidance and practical actions.

LV= improves Flexible Transitions Account offering

Leading retirement solutions provider LV= has improved its Flexible Transitions Account with a new wrapper charge, making the product more competitive.

Zurich highlights key retirement planning issues

With industry experts predicting the ‘at retirement' market is set to increase by sixty per cent in the next five years and falling investment markets affecting accumulated pensions savings, the need for retirement planning has never been greater.

British pensioners feeling the pinch home and abroad

As the effect of Sterling on the UK economy is debated, it's not just Brits living at home who are feeling the ongoing effects of a weak pound.

Volkswagen and RNLI receive Pension Quality Mark

Volkswagen Group UK and The Royal National Lifeboat Institution are among the latest wave of companies to be awarded the NAPF's prestigious new Pension Quality Mark.

Calls for better pension incentives and flexible savings for women

At the launch of its fifth annual Women and Pensions Report, Scottish Widows called on the Government to introduce better pension incentives to encourage women to save.

Three more schemes transfer over to the PPF

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) took three more schemes under its wing last month (September), resulting in a further 1,054 people around the UK now receiving compensation - or will do so in the future.

Employee confidence in pensions returns

Employee confidence in pensions has strongly improved since the end of last year, when the economy went into recession, reveals the National Association of Pension Funds' latest Workplace Pensions Survey at the start of its Annual Conference.

Barriers increasing in pensions gender race

Women continue to lose out to men as the gender pensions gap widens according to the fifth annual Scottish Widows Women and Pensions Report - "Women's pensions today and tomorrow" as the financial crisis takes its toll.

Saga launches leading annuity service

Saga Personal Finance has launched an annuity service designed to deliver better pension income for people with pension pots of up to £100,000. Saga's new annuity service ensures there is a trusted brand offering competitive rates to meet the needs of the prudent savers of Middle Britain.