19th Nov 2008 - Mail Online UK
There are growing fears that thousands of savers may have been misled into switching to more expensive or risky pensions. Industry figures show there have been more than half a million transfers into personal pensions and Self-Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs) alone in the past two years.
18th Nov 2008 - Citywire
Support is growing behind a change to the rules governing pension schemes that would allow people to withdraw money early in times of financial hardship.
14th Nov 2008 - Human Resources Magazine UK
This increase in activity is still gaining momentum as more companies look at the options for offloading their pension scheme liabilities, but organisations need to take care to ensure that it is the right option for them and keep an eye on employee relations fall-out from the process.
13th Nov 2008 - FSA
The FSA have announced that TCF will be embedded within their core supervisory work. As a result of this decision, they will not be pursuing one aspect of their previously published strategy the one-off structured sampling of firms and the consequent report in September 2009.
13th Nov 2008 - Webitpr
- 75 per cent of parents are actively investing their Child Trust Fund voucher despite tougher economic conditions starting to hit - The Children s Mutual (http://www.
12th Nov 2008 - Global Pensions
UK - The Department for Work and Pensions is considering options to relax rules which force firms winding up a pension scheme as part of a corporate restructure or demerger to fully cover liabilities.
12th Nov 2008 - Civil Service Network
Chris Pond is an experienced economist, charity activist, campaigner and politician but his timing is definitely suspect. Pond joined the Financial Services Authority in October last year, as the credit crunch got into full swing; the previous month had seen the historic run on Northern Rock.
12th Nov 2008 - Mail Online UK
The first emails have been sent out to customers of failed Icelandic bank Icesave. However, many Money Mail readers are still in the dark about how the compensation process works.
10th Nov 2008 - TISA
Once again the quarterly survey conducted by TISA The Tax Incentivised Savings Association has reported a continuing increase in both regular and lump sum contribution levels into Child Trust Funds.
10th Nov 2008 - TISA
Icesave - TISA steps in to assist HM Treasury ensure that ISA investors retain their tax free status
9th Nov 2008 - Business.scotsman.com
THE past few months have been miserable for millions of savers who have seen the value of their pension pots and rainy-day funds plummet in value amid the current financial crisis, writes Nic Cicutti.
8th Nov 2008 - Business.scotsman.com
KNIGHT of the realm and former Royal Bank of Scotland boss Sir Fred Goodwin had the temerity to say how sad he was to be leaving the firm. He even highlighted how painful the current situation was for shareholders, employees, and himself personally as a major stakeholder in the company.
7th Nov 2008 - Irish Times
__ __ 2008-11-07 01:33:00 It's bargain time for blue-chip corporate bondsSERIOUS MONEY: The cautious investor need look no further than investment-grade corporate bonds, writes Charlie Fell...
6th Nov 2008 - Wired-Gov
Child trust fund annual statistics HM TREASURY News Release (PN/118/08) issued by COI News Distribution Service. 6 November 2008 The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Ian Pearson MP, has today announced the publication of statistics on the Child Trust Fund (CTF), which have been released by HMRC.
5th Nov 2008 - What Investment
Around 40 investment trust ISA schemes are on the market this year. These schemes are run by investment management houses linked to the investment trust portfolios they run, to encourage people to invest their ISA allowance into these trusts.
