The Department for Work and Pensions has dropped plans for a web-based pension service for people who cannot afford advice because it admits it does not know what future pen- sion provision will look like.
The Retirement Planning web service, costing the taxpayer £11m, was intended to provide advice on planning and saving for retirement for people on low to medium incomes. The first element of the service, the provision of online state pension forecasts, was delivered in 2004 and the remainder was due this year. But the DWP says it has suspended the plans due to the radical reforms made in the Pensions White Paper. It says delivering accurate online information about state pensions would become increasingly difficult given the uncertainty about the exact shape of future pension provision. A spokesman says that the project was also deemed too expensive as it would have cost a further £14m to maintain and update between now and 2010.View more on these topicsNews
L&G set for offshore division
Legal & General is recruiting a chief executive to set up and run a new offshore division based in Dublin, Money Marketing understands. The firm has made no secret in the past of its aim to eventually enter the offshore arena but has never committed to a timescale for entry or released any further details […]
Sense of clarity
With both the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission taking an interest in the effect of non-disclosure on claims, it’s likely that we will see a step change in the way non-disclosure is dealt with.
Bill Mott U-turn at Credit Suisse
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Fidelity completes American special situations fund transition
Fidelity American special situations fund manager Bob Haber has completed his three month transition of the fund by reducing the number of stocks from 200 to 54.Haber has also increased the fund’s large cap bias although it still has a bigger weighting to companies smaller than the S&P 500, and has made the portfolio more […]
Three stocks due a Brexit boost
By Mark Martin & Holly Cassell, Neptune Mark Martin and Holly Cassell highlight three high-conviction holdings in the Neptune UK Mid Cap Fund that they believe are well positioned to benefit from Brexit. Read more Important information Investment risks Neptune funds may have a high historic volatility rating and past performance is not a guide […]
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FSCS to pay back 2,700 clients of collapsed DFM Beaufort
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme will automatically compensate hundreds of clients of a collapsed discretionary fund manager, but other investors will have to wait another five months to get their money back. London-based Beaufort Securities has been investigated by both the FCA and US authorities. An indictment from the US Department of Justice alleges that […]
Profile: Fiducia on really knowing your clients
Fiducia managing director on ‘good old-fashioned’ customer service in the digital world Anthony Scott is adept in the art of communication. As an adviser and a novelist (he has written the novels ‘On Ashover Hill’ and ‘The Birthday Gift’) it is crucial for the Fiducia Group managing director to engage and build a rapport with […]
FCA warns over advisers giving ‘inadequate information’ to DB transfer specialists
The FCA has reiterated its warnings that advisers outsourcing defined benefit transfer advice to firms with relevant qualifications cannot divorce themselves from responsibility for the eventual recommendation. While existing FCA rules require additional qualifications to advise on DB transfers, and the FCA has written to all firms who have DB transfer permissions as part of […]
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