Carmignac introduces new share class
Carmignac Gestion Asset Management is capitalising on the changing annuities landscape with the launch of a regular income share class.
Carmignac Gestion Asset Management is capitalising on the changing annuities landscape with the launch of a regular income share class.
There is a new and clear division of responsibility in the UK between consumers, the pensions industry and government policy makers coming into effect after 6 April that is a long way from the current system, the Financial Conduct Authority said.
Legal & General Investment Management expects new business volumes to grow strongly in 2015 as the firm benefits from the ongoing de-risking of defined benefit pension market.
The Financial Conduct Authority has issued new rules requiring firms to give appropriate risk warnings to consumers accessing their pension savings.
The pensions changes announced in last years budget have already resulted in plummeting annuity sales in the UK market and a host of new products, but according to a new white paper by Altus, the continued lack of understanding around pensions represents a significant opportunity for advisers.
Investment management should sit at the heart of pensions delivery, argues the IMAs Jonathan Lipkin.
Old Mutual Global Investors is at an “advanced stage” of setting up partnerships with selected life companies and platforms to develop pooled fund products for the retirement market, in readiness for next year’s radical UK pension regime reforms.
While it is easy to dismiss such a statement as hyperbole, digging through the numbers presented for the last decade, paints a rather interesting picture especially given the global financial crisis that exploded in the middle of it.
Rex Cowley, principal of New Dawn Consultancy & Research is predicting a new playing field for Qrops providers as he publishes the first definitive study on this evolving area of the international pensions market.