Capital at risk. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. The aim of investing in a pension scheme is to build up a sum of money that can provide ...

Twenty million workers are set to benefit from the new Pensions Bill, according to the Government, but this doesn’t include those who are self-employed. There are 4.4 million self-employed workers in ...

The city of Rutland’s pension system, like municipal and state pensions across the country, is underfunded. Assets in the investment, at about $72 million, are insufficient to meet long-term ...

This was a popular way of saving for retirement as what the employee receives in retirement was defined by the employer in advance of them retiring, regardless of investment performance. The benefits ...

To encourage you to put aside money for retirement, the Government effectively nullifies the tax paid on your earnings when ...

Flexible benefits is any design that enables the employee to have some choice in the type or coverage of the benefits they receive in the workplace. In practice, this covers a wide spectrum. Total ...

A U.K. government-appointed task force published a guide to help pension funds and their trustees to better understand and assess social factors in their investment decisions and stewardship. The ...

Many trustees will currently be dealing with transfer requests from members where they suspect the receiving scheme is involved with pension liberation. Pension liberation involves individuals being ...

Private equity and other illiquid private market investment funds have become increasingly relevant to pension fund investors in recent years as they have sought to diversify a minority proportion of ...

Making employers aware of their duties and employees aware of their responsibilities to save for their own retirement is not just the job of advisers - it is incumbent on all: providers, employers and ...