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Sipps: Investors More Satisfied Than Standard Pension Savers/ 17.5.2012• A. Velasco• Posted At 02:00 PM
In a time where most investors in generally are unsatisfied with the performance of their investments, it is no shock that the same holds true for those investing in self-invested personal pensions (Sipps). However, recent figures show that while only 34% of SIPP-holders said they were satisfied with the growth…
Public Sector Pensions: Second Biggest Union Accepts Deal/ 17.5.2012• Rajan Chagger• Posted At 12:00 PM
Plans by the Coalition Government to make changes to pensions in the public sector from 2015 have been accepted by the second biggest civil service union in the UK. Prospect who balloted their members found that 79% voted in favour of the deal, which was agreed to by Government ministers and unions.
State Pension: 28% of Over 50s Have no Savings/ 17.5.2012• A. Velasco• Posted At 11:00 AM
A recent report by insurance company LV=, titled ‘State of Retirement,’ has brought to light new troubles facing the over 50s in Britain. Thanks to falling gilt yields and annuity rates, not only are savers getting less and less value for their savings, but many who are about to retire…
Personal Pension: Low Rates Leave Retirees Permanently Poor/ 17.5.2012• Rajan Chagger• Posted At 09:00 AM
Campaigners have said that millions of pensioners and savers have been made permanently poorer, because of the double impact sustained from historically low interest rates and many rounds of quantitative easing.
Company Pensions: QE Costs UK Firms £100bn/ 16.5.2012• A. Velasco• Posted At 02:00 PM
Over the next three years, British firms will have to expend more than £100 billion to fund the deficits in their company pension schemes. Pension deficits, the difference between how much companies have put aside for pensions and how much they actually owe pensioners, have been rising dramatically after the…
Over-50s Plan: Ready To Launch Your Business?/ 16.5.2012• Rajan Chagger• Posted At 12:00 PM
Even though the Government have relaxed the rules on the default retirement age a large number of the over-50s have struggled to get back into the workforce. In a bid to help the over-50s, it has just emerged that they will be given assistance to start their own businesses.
Pension Transfer: Regulator Causes Hold on ‘Cash-for-Pensions’/ 16.5.2012• A. Velasco• Posted At 11:00 AM
After concerns from regulators that thousands of workers were receiving the wrong advice on opting out of their “gold plated” final salary pension schemes, pension transfers have been stopped completely at one of the UK’s largest advisory firms. Less than one month ago the Financial Services Authority revised the assumptions…
Pension Calculator: Unclaimed Pensions, What Are You Owed?/ 16.5.2012• Rajan Chagger• Posted At 09:00 AM
Pension has been a hot topic recently which has seen an increase in the number of people who are looking to find out what their pensions are worth, something that can be done using our pension calculator. These individuals are also really interested in the damage their pension pots may have sustained, because of the current market conditions.
Company Pensions: Death Knell for Final Salary Pensions/ 15.5.2012• A. Velasco• Posted At 02:00 PM
By 2020, the number of private sector employees who are able to enjoy a guaranteed portion of their salary as retirement income will drop to below 1 million. According to the Pensions Policy Institute, instead of getting the opportunity to have these gold-plated final salary pensions, almost every private sector…
Pension Reforms: First Strike For Doctors In 40-Years, Maybe/ 15.5.2012• Rajan Chagger• Posted At 12:00 PM
Doctors will be voting on whether or not they will be pursuing their first industrial action for the best part of 40-years. With the row over public sector pension reforms not improving, or being close to any kind of agreement doctors have been forced to take action to protect their old ages.
