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13 May 2013
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has criticised the Government's plans to prohibit consultancy charging in the auto-enrolment programme.
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13 May 2013
Consultancy charges are to be banned for pension schemes used in auto-enrolment, the Government has announced, in the first of a number of actions it plans to take to tackle "high and inappropriate" pension charges.
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08 May 2013
Fewer workers than expected have opted out of pensions schemes in which they were automatically enrolled under new legislation, according to consultants Towers Watson.
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23 Jan 2013
Financial advisers tasked with transferring individuals' pension savings into investment vehicles such as SIPPs must ensure that they provide financial advice to their clients on the underlying investment schemes too, the Financial Services Authority...
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28 Nov 2012
Providers of workplace pension schemes are being asked to consistently disclose the charges and investment costs attached to their products through a new industry code of practice.
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27 Nov 2012
Firms which sell SIPPs to individuals could be required to hold four times as much capital under proposals put out for consultation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
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13 Nov 2012
The financial services industry should support Government plans to allow employees' pension pots to be automatically transferred between firms when they move to new jobs, an insurance company has said.
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08 Nov 2012
Occupational pension providers could be asked to provide details of the typical annuity rates they will make available to different types of customer, under plans being put forward by one of the industry's professional bodies.
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06 Nov 2012
Pension providers must reduce the projected growth rates displayed in pension statements from 2014 in order to give savers a more realistic estimate of the value of their savings, the regulator has said.
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25 Oct 2012
OPINION: The biggest overhaul of pensions provision in a long time has begun – the largest employers must now automatically enrol workers in pension schemes, and smaller companies are to follow.
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