Managers of Wealth Pensions

COVID-19 thrown a wrench into retirement planning? Don't panic.

Fidelity Investments suggests a retirement savings rule of thumb for individual which calls for saving 1x your salary by age 30, 3x by 40, 6x by 50, 8x by 60 and 10x by age 67.

Gold wins over new buyers from pensions to private wealth

Comment & Analysis

Pension communications: how to keep decision-making rational in the face of a pandemic

XPS Pensions Group releases third annual pensions accounting survey

Brits set to accumulate £75bn in lockdown as new ‘money revolution’ begins

Pensions

Los Angeles County sees 1.8% return for fiscal year

UK Corporate Pension Funding Falls in July

Hannah Goldsmith: Client money shouldn’t go into industry pockets

Pension withdrawals fall 17% as savers use 'common sense'

Dentons integrates Intelliflo IO for Sipp valuations

Treasury consults on pensions tax relief administration

Executive Moves

ATP names deputy director in charge of ‘senior pension’ unit

The Pension Superfund announces ALM committee

Redington names new Head of DC

CalPERS investment chief steps down at $400 billion pension fund

Becketts welcomes the NW Brown Employee Benefits Team

Appointments update 6 August 2020

Legal,Regulation & Compliance

Scheme pays more flexible than legislation suggests

A Divorce Could Have a Big Impact on Your Retirement Savings

Global Anti-Money-Laundering Fine Amounts Released

FCA wants evidence of ‘informed decisions’ in DB advice

Govt publishes Troubles pension eligibility guidance

Trustees could face 'perfect storm' of competing investment tensions

FinTech

Grandhood eyes UK market after Danish deal ups scalability

Momentum Pensions rebrands Sipp business to iPensions Group

Cybercrime and Pensions Administration

Pension Solution Penfold Added to Starling Bank Marketplace

Digital Wealth Management: Artificial Intelligence to Accelerate Value Creation

RiskFirst Enhances PFaroe™DB with GMP Equalisation Capabilities

Comment & Analysis

Taking up to 25% tax-free cash from a pension – what you need to know

Are Employer-Sponsored DC Plans the Best Retirement Savings Vehicles?

UK: Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

CTA Employees Have a Pension Plan Twice as Good as the Teachers They Represent

SSAS pension: What is SSAS pension? Is a SSAS regulated?

Pension warning: Being made redundant? Brits urged 'don't neglect' these savings

Tax

Pensioners claw back record tax haul from HMRC

Taxman gives seven months’ notice – thereafter retirement funds captured for three years

State Pension: How is my State Pension taxed?

UK higher earners concerned about tax hikes and relief cuts - deVere

Pension: Claiming pensions but still working? This is the impact it has on your tax code

How pensions tax relief could be improved

Investments

Acquisition of SSAS and International Group Pension Plan businesses

Japanese head of world’s biggest pension fund looks beyond sovereign debt for future returns

Steelworker to be compensated after transfer value delays

Covid crisis stops the young from saving into pensions, while older workers stick at it

A closer look at the Retirement Savings Account (RSAs)

Japanese head of world’s biggest pension fund looks beyond sovereign debt for future returns

Research

Just one in four UK adults would speak to an adviser after receiving a windfall

XPS Pensions Group releases third annual pensions accounting survey

Brits set to accumulate £75bn in lockdown as new ‘money revolution’ begins

Over a third of DB schemes struggling to make decisions amid crisis

UK pensions suffer record losses

Global Financial Markets Regulatory Review - Dentons

ESG

Is the UK government greenwashing the recovery? - Kames Capital

Industry sounds off against DOL proposal on ESG

Scottish Widows seeds BlackRock’s Climate Transition fund with

Trump’s ESG Investing Rule Creates Retiree ‘Litigation Roadmap’

Now is the Climate for Change

Allfunds strengthens its social commitment and joins the United Nations Global Compact

Covid-19

Covid-19 continues to hit DB schemes as PPF 7800 deficit reaches almost £200bn

COVID-19 thrown a wrench into retirement planning? Don't panic.

Considerations over ‘human capital’ growing

Lockdown sees clients wait for months to access pension

COVID-19 will result in a permanent increase in compliance risk

Fidelity Pulse Survey: COVID-19 creating diverging paths for businesses