Pensions
Middle earners on fresh pensions alert
Treasury reforms will affect more of us than on first glance, so review your retirement options, reports Alison Shepherd
Inside Pensions
Equitable Life losers set for £1.5bn payout
Saturday, 16 October 2010
Victims of the near-collapse of Equitable Life look set for a more generous payout than expected.
Pension tax allowances slashed for rich
Friday, 15 October 2010
The Government is to slash high earners' tax-free pension allowances from £250,000 to just £50,000 a year, raising an extra £4bn for the Exchequer.
Pension tax breaks slashed for big earners
Thursday, 14 October 2010
The tax breaks high earners get on pension savings are to be cut dramatically to save £4 billion a year, it was announced today.
Changes to EU law mean cut in pension income for men
Sunday, 10 October 2010
Men approaching retirement face a substantial cut in their pension income if changes to EU law get the green light.
Don't short-change your loved ones by choosing the wrong annuity
Sunday, 10 October 2010
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Pensions reforms to focus on high earners
Saturday, 9 October 2010
Teachers, doctors, nurses and firefighters are among the workers targeted by the latest pension proposals. A report published on Thursday by the former Labour minister Lord Hutton suggested that public-sector workers should contribute more towards their pensions. The news affects around 12 million workers – a fifth of the working population – but it may not be as bad as expected.
Unions warn of strikes over public-sector pension reform
Friday, 8 October 2010
Nigel Morris: Millions of public servants face the triple blow of working longer, paying larger pension contributions and having less money to live on when they retire.
BA and Iberia merger set for take-off after deal on funding of £3.7bn pension deficit
Friday, 24 September 2010
The merger between British Airways and Iberia has cleared its last hurdle, with the Spanish flagcarrier's agreement to BA's plans for funding its £3.7bn pension deficit.
Defined-benefit pension deficits widen, warns Mercer report
Thursday, 23 September 2010
Falling corporate bond yields and volatile equity markets are likely to cause a headache for companies that offer their staff defined-benefit pension schemes, research published yesterday shows.
Equitable in final push for member compensation
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
The chief executive of Equitable Life made a last-ditch bid yesterday to persuade ministers to honour a manifesto commitment to fully compensate victims of the collapse of the life insurer.
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