Financial advisers are pleased with the defined benefit transfer template launched this week, which they hope will help remove barriers commonly encountered in the advice process. Advisers welcome ...

The Pensions Regulator says a template designed to help scheme administrators give advisers standardised information about members who want to transfer out of defined benefit schemes will be out soon.

After almost two years of work from regulators and the industry, a pension transfer template, to be filled in by pension administrators when asked for a defined benefit transfer value, is expected ...

It was established in 1987 via the merger of several DB pension plans. Effective in 2004, all newly hired employees of the employer were generally excluded from participating in the pension plan. More ...

The Pensions Regulator has agreed to share market intelligence on defined benefit transfers on a regular basis with the FCA and The Pensions Advisory Service so trustees can ensure members fully ...