Pension
Tax & Regulation | 9 Sep 16
Australian superannuation cap still on the agenda
Contentious proposals to cap lifetime superannuation fund contributions were not included in the first tranche of draft legislation released by the Australian treasury on Wednesday but remain under consultation.
Best Practice | 5 Sep 16
Would-be pension savers squeezed by other financial demands
Fewer than a fifth (17%) of UK advisers think that clients who feel squeezed keeping up with bills and repayments would put any extra money towards their pension savings, research from Royal London has found.
Tax & Regulation | 23 Aug 16
UK ombudsman pledges to tackle scammers of £755m fraud
The UK’s Financial Ombudsman Service (Fos) has set out the scale of fraud carried out in the country’s financial services sector, pledging to work with other regulatory bodies such as the Financial Conduct Authority to crackdown on scams.
Retirement | 19 Aug 16
UK savers taking ‘unsustainable’ rate of cash from pensions
Almost half of British savers withdrawing money from their pensions may be doing so at an unsustainable rate, according to analysis by asset manager Schroders.
Retirement | 17 Aug 16
Scam warning over regulated advisers in pension lib schemes
Pension liberation scams are increasingly being endorsed by FCA-regulated financial advisers, advocacy group Pension Life has warned.