UK government announces measures to tackle pension cold-calling

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has published new guidance on Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVA) with the aim of explaining the approach that employers and their advisors should take when presenting a CVA to the PPF.  A CVA is

Pension transfer values as measured by the XPS Pensions Group (formally Xafinity) Transfer Value Index fluctuated during May 2018, with an overall rise during the month.  The index was £232,000 at the end of April and

In recent years there has been a marked increase in bulk annuity transactions: buy-in and buy-out transactions between 2014 and 2017 totalled just under £50 billion and 2018 could be a record-breaking year. This briefing note

In its recent White Paper, the Government firmly shut the door on a statutory override allowing schemes to switch from RPI to CPI. In this note we look at what the future might hold for RPI,

Xafinity Punter Southall, the largest pure pensions consultancy in the UK specialising in pensions actuarial, investment consulting and administration services, announces the appointment of Simeon Willis as Chief Investment Officer. He joins from KPMG where he

Xafinity Punter Southall ran a poll on current issues facing the industry and the fund managers attending voted that: 92% of fund managers believe contractual income assets (including all forms of credit and LDI) will be

Xafinity plc (LON:XAF), the pensions actuarial, investment consulting and administration business, today issued a trading update following the Group’s financial year end on 31 March 2018. Following the announcement of Interim Results on 7 December 2017, the Group

Finance Directors need to look at how pension freedoms are impacting accounting costs and the financial position of schemes Xafinity Punter Southall, the largest pensions consultancy in the UK specialising solely in pensions, investment and administration

Xafinity Punter Southall, the largest pensions consultancy in the UK specialising solely in pensions, investment and administration services believe that the only way to solve the issues identified in the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) review

From 6 April 2018 new Deferred Debt Arrangement (DDA) regulations could allow non-associated employers in a multi-employer scheme to defer paying a section 75 debt that would otherwise arise when an employer ceases to employ any active members in the

Pension transfer values as measured by the Xafinity Transfer Value Index rose during March 2018.  The index was £232,000 at the end of February and £235,000 at the end of March.  Over the first quarter of 2018, transfer values initially

Should pensions take all the credit for insolvency?The debate on the ranking of pension schemes in the creditor chain reared its head again in recent months. Here, we break down the current state of play and ask

London | 02 May 2018 Pensions Expert is proud to present the 19th annual Pension and Investment Provider Awards. The PIPAs recognise excellence among providers of products and services to UK workplace pension schemes. The three key criteria

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25 May 2018. In previous briefing notes, we have looked at what pension scheme trustees will need to do to comply with GDPR. In our latest update, we look

John Keenan, Corporate Development Manager at Xafinity SIPP & SSAS, runs through a commercial property case study and outlines the pros and cons of such transactions… The famous Mark Twain quote “buy land, they’re not making

Here they are. The finalist lists for the UK Pensions Awards 2018. The 21st annual UK Pensions Awards have been rigorously judged by a panel of 35 senior scheme managers, trustees and advisers. To see the full

Xafinity Punter Southall, the largest pure pensions consultancy in the UK specialising in pensions actuarial, investment consulting and administration services, are asking if pension schemes are prepared for the forthcoming changes to automatic enrolment requirements. Minimum