53 posts categorised "Pensions"

31 May 2013

Half a million new savers: something to be proud of?

The Pensions Regulator's May 2013 auto-enrolment monthly progress report shows 509,000 eligible jobholders have been newly auto-enrolled into pension saving up to the end of April. That's about the same...

08 May 2013

Pensions Regulator's Annual Statement: flexibility on pensions funding could reduce UK pension deficits by £100bn

Commenting on The Pensions Regulator's annual statement made today on pension scheme funding, Peter McDonald, partner and North West head of pensions at PwC, said: "The Pensions Regulator has announced...

07 May 2013

2013 valuations could be a bitter pill to swallow

Schemes with 2013 valuations could find a few more bumps in the road ahead. In previous years I think most people had thought that the schemes that had valuations in...

19 April 2013

Pensions Auto Enrolment: Simplification consultation

We are now more than six months into the new Auto Enrolment regime and while the information around the number of workers opting in or out of the scheme is...

16 April 2013

PwC Pension Trustee programme: Northern seminars

We are delighted to announce details of our Spring series of Pension Trustee seminars. Aimed at pension scheme trustees, pension managers and secretaries to trustee boards, the seminars are being...

21 March 2013

Budget 2013: Other measures

Real estate As expected, a new annual tax is being introduced for high value (£2m+) residential property held by companies and used for owner occupation rather than business purposes. The...

Budget 2013: Summary report

In challenging economic times, the Chancellor needed to announce a confident, stable Budget; one based on sound, practical, economic decisions, rather than vote-winning, short-term, political solutions. So, has he delivered...

20 March 2013

Budget 2013 - Live webcast today at 17.00 (GMT)

With hours to go until the Chancellor delivers his UK Budget, join us for a live webcast at 17.00 GMT today, featuring our specialists discussing the measures announced in the...

19 March 2013

Budget 2013: What might it mean for pensions?

The pace of change in the pensions’ arena, and the pressure on trustees and their boards over the past two years, has been relentless. Continuing challenges of the global economic...

12 March 2013

Keeping you upto date with Employment Solutions

The PwC Northern Employment Solutions team is pleased to invite you to join the Employment Solutions Forum programme for 2013. The forum is specifically designed to keep members updated on...