Pension
Turkey approves new auto-enrolment law for private pensions
Turkey’s parliament has approved a new law that will require workers under 45 to be automatically enrolled in a private pension plan, in a bid to boost the country’s retirement savings.
Australian retail pension fund to return to HMRC Rops list
International pension provider IVCM said an Australian superannuation plan it runs in conjunction with Tidswell Financial Services had received confirmation from HM Revenue & Customs that it will appear on the official Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (Rops) list shortly.
Retirement | 12 Aug 16
Five UK pension liberation firms shut down in £128m scam
The UK’s Insolvency Service has shut down five so-called pension liberation companies over the past year, after they scammed pensioners out of £128m ($166m, €148m).
Retirement | 5 Aug 16
BoE cuts and QE ‘catastrophic’ for pension funds: says deVere
The Bank of England’s decision to cut interest rates and expand quantitative easing (QE) to cushion the UK from recession is not the answer to the country’s economic woes, the chief executive of deVere Group has warned.
United Kingdom | 4 Aug 16
ABI reports 10-fold rise in use of Sipps post-pension reforms
The number of savers using self-invested personal pension schemes (Sipps) has increased 10-fold in recent years, data from the Association of British Insurers shows.