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White paper: evolution not revolution
Following last year’s green paper, the Department for Work and Pensions published its long-anticipated white paper, ‘Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Schemes’, gi…
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Pensions white paper: looking at long-term funding objectives
The Department for Work and Pensions published its white paper on Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Schemes. Although not offering much in the way of new legislati…
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Your annual financial health check
It is a great time to take a deep breath and do our own annual financial health check. The findings of Barnett Waddingham’s fourth annual “Generation WHY?” survey d…
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Moving of State Pension Age
Last week’s announcement from the Government told us that the state pension age (SPA) will rise to 68, seven years earlier than previously planned, which for most d…
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The 21st Century Trustee – collaboration (and jubilation?)
Steve Ellul explores the initial noises coming from those moulding the future of trusteeship which appear encouraging.
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Interesting times: How to adapt to survive a turbulent pensions world
As the UK enters a period of significant change, Finance Directors and Pension Managers need a dynamic DB pension strategy that will be resilient in the face of cha…
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Ensuring benefits technology works for all generations in your workforce
Thankfully, the days of implementing a blanket approach to benefits and communications are behind us. However, the concept of ‘flexible’ benefits has been around f…
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Autumn statement 2016 in review: insurance premium tax
For the third consecutive budget and autumn statement the chancellor has announced an increase to insurance premium tax - this time raising the level from 10% to 12…
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A squeeze on HMRC resources as the GMP reconciliation deadline approaches?
With the December 2018 deadline for reconciling GMPs looming, HMRC are seeing a massive increase in the number of SRS queries, so it's understandable that there may…
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The financial wellbeing department
Mark Futcher and Jonathan Watts-Lay, director at Wealth at Work offer their own compelling insights into the changing face of the retirement landscape in this inter…