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Wednesday, 05 December 2012 14:04

UPDATED: Reactions to Chancellor's Autumn Statement

Tom McPhail, pensions expert at Hargreaves Lansdown

Financial Planning firms and providers have given a mixed response to today's announcements made by Chancellor George Osborne in his third Autumn Statement.

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Wednesday, 05 December 2012 13:25

Chancellor cuts pension contribution limits and lifetime allowances

The Chancellor has finished his third Autumn Statement in the House of Commons at 1.21pm, with cuts to the pension contribution limits and the lifetime allowance.

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Wednesday, 14 November 2012 10:53

London and Colonial launches new Sipp and annuity products

Pensions company London and Colonial has expanded its range with the launch of a new multi-platform Sipp and multi-platform open annuity.

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Tuesday, 13 November 2012 10:47

Automatic transfer of employees' pensions supported by Aviva

Aviva has called for standards to support the automatic transfer of pensions when employees move jobs.

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Tuesday, 06 November 2012 10:53

Aberdeen Asset Management publishes research into workplace pensions

Aberdeen Asset Management will today present research into UK private workplace pensions to Pensions Minister Steve Webb MP.

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Monday, 22 October 2012 09:54

Scottish Widows says women falling behind in pensions savings

Percentage of women failing to save anything for retirement. Source: Scottish Widows

Women are falling behind men in retirement savings by almost £30,000, according to Scottish Widows.

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Friday, 19 October 2012 09:24

Zurich pension tool helps consumers calculate future income

Zurich has launched a new Pension Planning tool to allow people to calculate how much they are likely to receive as retirement income.

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Monday, 01 October 2012 09:26

Pensions auto-enrolment begins today for largest firms

Thousands of employees will be enrolled into a company pension scheme today, many for the first time, at the start of auto-enrolment.

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Friday, 21 September 2012 14:34

Over half a million new people saving in a pension by Christmas says DWP

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) says more than 500,000 people are expected to saving in a workplace pension through auto-enrolment for the first time by Christmas.

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Thursday, 20 September 2012 09:54