Pensions
From A-Day to 'Brics' - greet the financial new year
Published: 18 December 2005
So farewell, sexy pensions: you were just a dream
Published: 11 December 2005
Secrets Of Success: Brown's property U-turn is spot on
Published: 10 December 2005
The Chancellor's change of mind over what you will and will not be allowed to put into a self-invested personal pension (Sipp) come next year has, I am glad to say, taken some of the sting out of what I was planning to say about the hidden perils of A-Day, the new pension regime that begins in April.
David Prosser: Concentrate on the best bit of Sipps
Published: 10 December 2005
Gordon Brown's last-minute u-turn on plans to allow pension savers to invest in residential property and exotic assets has infuriated companies that have spent millions preparing for the reform. But while their anger is understandable, the changes to the pension rules that will still go ahead next April are far more valuable. Despite the hype, property investment would have only been possible for a handful of very well-off savers.
The 800-page roadmap to a new era for pensions
Published: 04 December 2005
A golden retirement on your own terms
Published: 03 December 2005
Pensions chief delivers his cure: work longer, save more
Published: 01 December 2005
People in Britain may not be allowed to claim a state pension until they are 69, under plans for reform announced yesterday by Lord Turner
Making sense of the report: what does it mean for you?
Published: 01 December 2005
Will I have to work till I drop?
So what's all the song and dance about UK pensions?
Published: 27 November 2005
David Prosser: Pensions - the impossible dream
Published: 26 November 2005
In just four days' time, Adair Turner will deliver the final report of the Pensions Commission - his long-awaited verdict on how Britain's pensions crisis might best be solved
Wealth Check: 'I want a pension and a good time'
Published: 26 November 2005
Katie Butler is facing a financial dilemma. Single, and working as an account manager in a PR firm in London, she is torn between two priorities.
Sam Dunn: Turner has come up with a winning pensions strategy
Published: 20 November 2005
Pension savers set to miss tax-free cash, insurer warns
Published: 12 November 2005
Standard Life is to write to more than 200,000 members of pension schemes it manages, amid fears they could lose the right to tax-free retirement benefits. The insurer says millions of savers in occupational pension plans could lose out unless their scheme providers take action before pension reforms, due to be introduced in April, take effect.
Ask Sindie: How can I ensure that my pension makes the grade?
Published: 30 October 2005
Sam Dunn: Think before you succumb to Sipp fever
Published: 02 October 2005
I first heard the S-word shouted behind a deli counter. The manager was fishing about in a bowl of olives while her colleague bawled it in the back room.
James Daley: Blair now the key to pension reform
Published: 01 October 2005
In 60 days' time, Adair Turner's Pensions Commission will finally publish its second and last report - a document which promises to become the blueprint for the UK pensions system for the next 50, maybe even 100 years.
Would you hang your retirement cash on the wall?
Published: 25 September 2005
Sam Dunn: Another nail in the coffin of the savings industry
Published: 25 September 2005
At a time of fragile confidence in the financial services industry, pensions and long-term savings companies need all the good publicity they can muster. Last week's grisly spectacle of Equitable Life on its knees, again, is most definitely not going to help their cause.
Sam Dunn: The old public sector pension deal must end
Published: 18 September 2005
Few would deny public sector workers their due. Teachers, policemen, firefighters, nurses and doctors have stressful, sometimes dangerous and often relatively poorly paid jobs. So part of their reward is a generous retirement.
Ask Sindie: A Mexican wave for missing pensions
Published: 18 September 2005
Start planning today for the pensions revolution
Published: 10 September 2005
Millions count the cost of opting out of Serps
Published: 28 August 2005
News: Pension regulator can't keep up with cases
Published: 28 August 2005
David Prosser: No wonder pension savers feel so lost
Published: 27 August 2005
Forgive me the analogy if you're not glued to Lost, Channel 4's latest blockbuster, but in the world of pensions, we need our very own Jack. For non-viewers, while most of the survivors of a plane crash on a desert island have been running around like headless chickens, Jack, the dashing doctor, has taken charge, calmly organising the community to give everyone the best chance of survival.
