Hargreaves Lansdown

The first open standards electronic pension transfer has occurred between Cranfords and Hargreaves Lansdown.

The pensions industry must work together to establish an efficient and consistent transfer method or risk having a poorer version inflicted upon it by the regulator, Tom McPhail has said.

July 4 marked the second national employee ownership day. With share schemes and full employee ownership models seeing significant success, Nick Martindale addresses the benefits of giving staff a stake in the business.

Helen Morrissey finds there is still plenty of potential for non-compliance

The 2014 Pension Schemes Bill, which will provide the legislative framework for arrangements that share risk between scheme members and sponsors, has been laid before parliament.

Savers are far more inclined to leave their cash in a pension if they understand the tax consequences of taking it all in one go, research has found.

Chancellor George Osborne is in danger of emulating Robert Maxwell "as a destroyer of pension savings" with plans for a retirement 'guidance guarantee', Tom McPhail has warned.

Four-fifths of scheme members are postponing annuity purchases in the wake of the Budget reforms, according to research.

Employers could be administering benefits through their payroll and eradicating up to 99% of P11Ds if a proposal by the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) is implemented.

The Bank of England has again moved to temper expectations of an early rate rise, despite the UK unemployment rate dropping to close to the crucial 7% mark this morning.