With Pension Awareness Day on September 9th, it could be a great time to help your employees understand the importance of their pension. While pensions might not be the most exciting topic, they can play a crucial role in shaping a secure future. The more your [..]
How your employees could take full advantage of the benefits and allowances available to help them to build a bigger pension pot. As we enter the 2024/25 tax year, this guide explores opportunities for employees to enhance their pension savings strategy, laying a [..]
Welcome to our latest edition of Smart Money for September/October 2023. In this issue, we look at investment bonds and explain how they offer several benefits that some investors may be missing out on, which have become even more beneficial due to recent [..]
Welcome to our latest edition of Smart Money for May/June 2023. In this issues, if you are a UK resident planning for your retirement, it’s important to be aware of the State Pension changes that have taken effect in the new tax year. From April, the amount you [..]
Employees could be given the power to choose their own pension provider in a move that could see the end of staff having to close one pension down and start a new one every time they change jobs. A Ten Minute Rule Bill will be read in parliament and proposes to [..]
Many workplace pension schemes have a default investment strategy known as “lifestyling”. Lifestyle investment options are designed to make it easy to save for retirement. As your retirement date draws closer, pension savings are gradually and automatically [..]
A pension is the employee benefit that workforces value the most, according to the results of a survey carried out by benefits consultancy Punter Southall Aspire with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) between December 2022 and January 2023. [..]
A significant increase in the minimum contributions to workplace pensions is required according to a new report by the Association of British Insurers (ABI).[1] With the tenth anniversary of the introduction of automatic enrolment (AE) into workplace pensions [..]
Most people in the UK will know what a pension is, and a great proportion will have one themselves. But the pension we know today is very different to that of over a century ago. Changes have included the launch of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme (SERPS), [..]
Only a quarter (23%) of employees are aware of environmental, social and governance (ESG) options when it comes to their workplace pension, according to research from employee benefits, wellness and financial education provider Secondsight. In the report, [..]
Only a quarter of people are aware of ESG-related options when it comes to their workplace pension despite an increased interest in sustainability, particularly among younger people, a new report from Secondsight has found. The report - “Workplace pensions and [..]
For many people, retirement is a time to relax and enjoy the rewards of a lifetime of hard work. Your employees may already have thought about what they want to do, whether that’s taking long holidays or simply spending more time with their loved ones. Of [..]
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