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An estimated 31,000 public sector workers will file for divorce this year, but with reform to their pensions hanging in the balance, what should advisers recommend?
UK CPI inflation fell from 4.8% in November 2011 to 4.2% last month, the equal largest drop since December 2008, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Four unions and a pensioner organisation have lodged an appeal against the High Court’s ruling in favour of the government change the uprating of public sector pensions.
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UK CPI inflation fell from 5% to 4.8% in November, the Office for National Statistics has said, in line with economists’ forecasts.
The government's decision to switch from RPI to CPI to calculate annual public sector pension upgrades has been ruled lawful in the High Court.
As part of Professional Adviser’s commitment to helping advisers prepare for RDR, we are providing fully accredited gap-fill articles. This month, Geoff Mills, director at Rayner Spencer Mills, outlines all you need to know about the main asset classes...
Bluefin’s Robin Hames explains the demographic and legislative changes set to transform how you advise your clients.
Unions in the court battle over public sector pension reform will claim the government’s action breaches workers’ human rights.
Retirement Planner’s round up of the top pensions stories.
A group of public sector unions will begin a High Court challenge today over the way public sector pensions are calculated.
The narrowing gap between CPI and RPI inflation means pensions schemes will save just 60p a week for each scheme member by switching to CPI, KPMG says.
Savers must grab the opportunity to save when the ISA limit increases by £600 in the next tax year, Danny Cox, head of advice at Hargreaves Lansdown said.
Nationals round-up: Star fund managers were under the microscope while RPI-linked bonds made a return. There was also a closer look at inheritance tax and the buy-to-let market.
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