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- Moneyfacts.com reveals that personal pension plan returns have decreased by 60 per cent - 9th February, 2010
A financial advice website has stated that the average personal pension plan return has fallen by 60 per cent in the last ten years.
Moneyfacts.com has attributed the trend to falling stockmarkets and annuity rates... - Aviva cuts initial commission after changing personal pension plan schemes for RDR - 5th February, 2010
An insurance firm has decided to cut initial commission on its stakeholder pensions by nearly a quarter after revamping its personal pension plan scheme and income in preparation for the retail distribution review (RDR).
Aviva, the world's fifth largest insurer, has announced that it will reduce its stakeholder pension from a maximum of 3.36 per cent to 2.52 per cent... - Standard Life announces strong performance of its SIPP pensions - 3rd February, 2010
Standard Life Insurance has revealed that life and pensions sales fell by 10.6 per cent to £10.1 billion last year, however, these figures were counteracted by strong performances from its self-invested personal pension (SIPP) and wrap businesses.
The company has attributed the drop in life and pensions sales to poor market conditions in the UK... - Standard Life unveils new personal pension product - 3rd February, 2010
Standard Life has launched a new personal pension plan, which is specifically targeted at young people, with an eight-week television advertising drive on a digital channel.
The Scottish insurance firm is placing adverts on Dave TV as part of a £2 million national campaign which targets people who have yet to properly consider their financial future... - Prudential tells Britons to open a personal plan - 27th January, 2010
Prudential has urged basic state pension holders to open a personal pension plan to ensure they are adequately prepared for retirement.
According to the financial services group, 18 per cent of people who are intending to retire this year will do so with only their state pension and savings as sources of support... - Aviva unveils new SIPP product - 27th January, 2010
A leading insurance company has announced the re-launch of its self-invested personal pension (SIPP) product.
Aviva, the UK's largest insurer, claimed that SIPP's can help provide "financial solutions" for higher net worth customers... - Report claims only two per cent of people intend to get a personal pension plan - 20th January, 2010
A debt management company has warned consumers that neglecting financial safeguards like pensions and insurance is not the solution to debt problems.
Gregory Pennington's advice follows a recent report by HSBC which claimed that only two per cent of people intend to take out a personal pension plan in the next year... - Sipp pensions offer 'key advantages' for savvy Britons - 15th January, 2010
Self-invested personal pensions (Sipps) are perfect for Britons who like to take control of their own investments, one expert claimed yesterday (January 14th).
Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown, compiled a list of the ten biggest mistakes people make when considering their approach to securing a pension... - Sipps and residential funds 'could be ideal combination' - 11th January, 2010
Holding residential property 'vulture' funds in self-invested personal pensions (Sipps) could be an ideal way to profit from the housing market, it has been suggested.
Although the UK housing sector has struggled since the start of the economic downturn, many commentators have tentatively suggested that the recovery is now underway... - Retirement pensions neglected by mothers - 4th December, 2009
Women who have children are giving up making contributions into their retirement pensions in order to look after their families, it has been revealed.
A new survey by Scottish Widows found that only 47 per cent of 30 to 50-year-old women keep a full-time job after giving birth, compared to 82 per cent of men who become fathers at the same age...