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May
- Rise of the female breadwinner: Woman earns the most in one-in-four households
- Royal London Announces Sale of Ascentric
- Parents urged to check tax-free childcare balances as official statistics show fall in use during lockdown
- Women and older workers continue to fuel employment growth
- The worst is yet to come for UK GDP
- RLAM announces 2020 areas of focus for engagement in Stewardship report
- Bank of England leave policy unchanged....for now
- RLAM voices concerns over Ocado CEO remuneration
- Royal London signs up to ICGN as part of responsible investment push
- Royal London appoints Daniel Cazeaux as Group Chief Financial Officer
- Tim Tookey and Kal Atwal join Royal London Board as non-executive directors
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April
- People taking measured approach rather than raiding pension piggy bank
- Royal London confirms majority of customers continue to be offered cover
- UK PMI data: even more dire than expected
- Royal London welcomes proposals to relax pension rules for workers helping fight COVID-19
- RLAM boosts institutional team with appointment of Andrew Epsom
- RLAM voices concerns over Airbus CEO remuneration
- Households on 80% income will have just £1 a week left over after norm
- UK GDP: Momentum wasn't strong in pre pandemic days
- CRP adoption expected to soar by 2021 - Ascentric
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March
- Work needed to address gaping chasm in contributions to workplace schemes
- Quitting smoking could save you up to £18,000 in insurance premiums
- Government must act now to safeguard pensioners’ financial futures as income inequality grows
- We need to address myths stopping women preparing for retirement
- Royal London boosts Critical Illness Cover
- Royal London urges parents who lose income to claim £1,820 a year* child benefit
- FCA package "levels the playing field" for borrowers whose finances are affected by the coronavirus emergency
- FCA's relaxation of 10% drop rule a sensible move for advisers and clients
- 'Cloud of uncertainty' hangs over the self-employed following chancellor's support package
- Gender earnings gap continues into retirement
- Royal London continues to deliver value for money to workplace customers
- UK PMI's: ugly
- Millions of working parents face steep childcare bills or 'winging it' to keep working
- Punishing for savers, a silver lining for some mortgage holders
- Tenants and landlords must "keep talking" - Royal London comments on protection for renters
- Robust trading in an uncertain environment
- Increase to Junior ISA limit an "empty gesture" for majority of parent savers
- We need to see action on net pay issue
- Funeral plan regulation to offer consumers greater protection
- Change to taper welcome but Chancellor has missed ideal opportunity to simplify pension tax system
- The Budget – economic policy can’t kill a virus, but it can support the future recovery
- Expect further tinkering with pension tax allowances in Budget
- Government must tackle social care crisis
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February
- Westminster can learn from Scotland’s commitment to funeral benefit
- Buying stocks on coronavirus weakness
- We must act now to combat rise in pensioner poverty
- Pension Credit campaign needs to bust myths to boost take up
- Diversification key to driving returns in low return/high risk environment
- 1.6 million SMEs experience absence of a key person yet the majority do not protect themselves
- Funeral pledge brings hope of transforming industry
- Royal London to sell life insurance with Cover Direct
- Rising number of homeowners 'at breaking point' - Royal London comments
- We need continuity at DWP if we are to make progress on issues like the pensions dashboard
- Study of tax-free childcare scheme use reveals “widespread lack of awareness and confusion”
- Weak inflation data behind headline noise
- Two in five homeowners don't have a will
- Contributing to a pension is now business as usual for UK workers but self-employed remain tough nut to crack
- How men and women divide the household money chores revealed - Royal London research
- RLAM launches Global Sustainable Equity fund and hires new fund manager
- Buying stocks on the coronavirus dip
- We need urgent action to boost “stubbornly low” pension credit take up
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January
- Brits “most optimistic so far” about impact of Brexit on personal finances – latest Royal London ‘Brexit Barometer’ survey
- Treasury recommendations are a sticking plaster solution to pension tax reform
- Royal London signs up to UN Principles for Responsible Investment
- Royal London publishes three ‘key pension tax tips’ for those completing their tax return
- The ten councils that spent the most on public health funerals
- Revealed: Councils that don't return ashes from a public health funeral
- Young people face £18,000 pension pot penalty as government departments dither
- A bit of reassurance from (pre-election) UK Labour Market data
- The number of self employed people reaches 5 million - Royal London comments
- Government can no longer afford to ignore self-employed when it comes to pensions
- UK PMI Flash data signals rate cut unlikely
- "Workers taking ill health early retirement risk unexpected pensions tax bill – new FOI"
- ‘Government must listen to all-party concerns over Pension Schemes Bill’ – Steve Webb, Royal London comments on House of Lords Debate
- Significant uncertainty still looms over UK companies
- Latest data on pension freedoms show “dash for cash” slowing
- Opaque funeral costs under scrutiny
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January
- Government cuts forced more bereaved families into poverty
- 3 in a row! Royal London awarded gold for customer service
- Royal London comments on the one-year anniversary of Open Banking
- Sandwich carers face pensions 'double whammy'
- Premature recession fears
- HMRC 'over-taxing spree’ passes £400m mark
- New HMRC figures show cash 'under the mattress' nearly doubles since 2001
- new research shows divorced women are ‘pensions poor relations’
- Royal London opens Ireland subsidiary
- The Best Things In Life Aren’t Free: Royal London Calculates Key Life Goals Will Take 25 Years To Pay For
- Workers urged to top up State Pension now to avoid April 2019 hike in cost of contributions
- The ‘Dos’ And ‘Don’ts’ Of Debt-Talk
- Paying lifetime and annual allowance tax charges isn’t always a bad thing
- Scotland updates flawed benefit inherited from DWP
- Help to Save scheme off to a "slow start"
- Steel pension scheme
- Growing number of women working full time is good news for financial resilience
- Home maintenance time bomb ticking for over 50s
- Royal London Asset Management expresses disappointment at RPC takeover news
- RLAM welcomes Investment Association's consultation
- Appetite for pension flexibility remains undimmed with £1.9bn taken in last quarter
- Royal London reunites lost policyholders with £14 million
- Royal London intermediary appoints new distribution director
- Paying Lifetime and Annual Allowance tax charges isn't always a bad thing
- Royal London’s Governed Portfolios prove that diversification delivers with strong ten year performance
- New FCA rules on retirement choices show that ‘reckless caution not lamborghinis’ is big issue with pension freedoms
- Royal London launches multi asset fund seeking to generate growth while managing downside risk
- Steve Webb, Royal London, challenges DWP to ‘seize the moment’ over DB benefit simplification
- New bidder for RPC vindicates investor caution
- Savings rates beginning to outdo property price growth
- DWP plans for small scheme consolidation ‘risk being feeble tick box exercise’
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February
- More than six million adults refuse to discuss their will with loved ones
- Help to Save - "Great, if you've heard of it" Royal London comments
- New HMRC figures show half a million families a year missing out on child benefit since 2012 – women losing hundreds of millions in state pension rights
- Metro Bank to be investigated by regulators following accounting oversight
- Fund selector JB Beckett joins Royal London’s investment advisory committee
- Pensions inequality generates huge gap between high income and low income pensioners
- Younger consumers addressing protection needs too late in life
- Tax-free childcare flops in first year at just £32mn in top-up payments
- Dairy Crest deal highlights attractions of UK companies
- April 2019 contribution rises ‘will not lead to large-scale pension opt-outs’
- Employment gap continues to narrow between men and women
- “New FOI reply reveals over 100,000 savers could face shock six figure tax bills following tiny uplifts to their pension – urgent need for clarity from HMRC”
- Government childcare scheme ‘misses half of the families it was meant to help’
- Royal London calls for more awareness of frozen pensions trap
- Tenant fees bill gains Royal Assent but “does not address the structural issues within the private rented sector”
- Ryanair's eye-watering share option grant is just ludicrous
- New crackdown on employers ‘more likely to generate headlines than protect pensions’
- Government childcare scheme ‘misses half of the families it was meant to help’
- Ryanair’s governance changes don’t go far enough
- Royal London urges people to claim Power of Attorney refunds as figures show millions left unclaimed
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March
- HMRC ‘moving at snail’s pace’ in resolving tax issues around GMPs
- RLAM moves to fixed fund management fee
- Financial planning "must keep up" with changing circumstances as marriage rates for older couples rise
- Fall in pensioner incomes shows rising prosperity of elderly cannot be taken for granted
- Half of all babies now born in rented accommodation
- Royal London appointed as new insurance partner by Cover Direct
- Funeral industry needs to make its pricing clear and transparent
- RLAM strengthens wholesale team with appointment of Phil Davey
- IGC report shows Royal London provides value for money to workplace customers
- 'Groundbreaking' new research reveals 'Lifetime Allowance timebomb' set to hit more than a million workers
- ‘Women still a long way away from jobs equality’
- Collective DC consultation response - 'Narrow scope means wider adoption could be many years away'
- No big spending fireworks in the Spring Statement, but the fiscal outlook is Brexit dependent
- No excuse for Autumn raid on pension tax relief now Chancellor has revealed his ‘war chest’
- FCA decision to hike FOS compensation limit 'shocking' and 'counter-productive'
- Women urged to 'get ahead of the curve' on pension saving, as new figures show women's earnings peak in thirties
- 'Tougher action on large dividends to be welcomed' - Steve Webb, Royal London
- Millions of Brits fear cost of living surge post-Brexit
- From panic to complacency?
- Royal London announces record EEV for 2018
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April
- Half a million workers past pension age may be paying unnecessary tax on their state pension
- John Brett appointed non-executive director for Royal London fund boards
- Single, under 40, in work and renting – a snapshot of debt nation
- We need to get dashboard right first time
- New FOI reveals far more low-paid workers missing out on pension tax relief than previously thought - Royal London
- Royal London introduces more flexibility to income protection
- Women's pension equality 'still decades away' despite growth in pension coverage
- New research shows women at risk of financial meltdown
- Improvement in pension incomes could “go into reverse” without government action
- Renters hit hardest by rising costs
- Policy reform, not more bank of mum and dad, required to ease intergenerational divides
- Millions risk financial welfare due to lack of understanding around Power of Attorney
- Appetite for pension reforms undimmed as withdrawals top £25bn
- AE an "enormous success" but we need to include self-employed
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May
- Government 'double-counting' blunder means take up of marriage tax break far lower than previously claimed by Ministers
- "Use Parliamentary limbo period to table Pensions Bill"
- RLAM renews calls for a new independent chairman to ‘lead governance reforms’ at Metro Bank
- Government receives one complaint every hour about tax-free childcare
- Nora O’Mahony appointed non-executive director for Royal London fund boards
- RLAM remains unconvinced that Metro Bank has sufficiently addressed previous governance concerns
- Number of grandparents getting state pension help for looking after grandchildren passes 10,000
- UK labour market: first signs of trouble?
- Major shift needed to address gender pay gap
- Ahead of Playtech's AGM, Royal London Asset Management still has some concerns
- Finding the right medicine - how to fix the problems between doctors and their pension scheme
- How far up the housing equity ladder should you expect to be at your age?
- Bank of England still signalling future rate rises
- Divorced Brits regret splitting after new financial pressures hit home
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June
- Funeral plan regulation to offer consumers greater protection
- Chris Curry an “excellent choice” for dashboard delivery group
- Little known tax rule means parents can give triple boost to their children by paying into their pensions
- Minister forced to admit ‘significant’ problems as a third of a million incorrect state pension forecasts issued
- Britain back in the pension savings habit as stats show £90.4bn saved
- Cremation fees rise by up to 56% over four years
- More than half a billion paid out in claims by Royal London
- Increase in female employment drives number in work to record high
- Pensioners risk losing more than a free tv licence if they don’t claim pension credit – Royal London
- New CEO announcement
- MPs grill industry on funeral costs
- Quicker action needed ‘against those who are not doing a proper job’ on DB transfer advice
- Breathing space scheme eases pressure for all of us
- US Federal Reserve: opening the door to a rate cut
- ‘New figures reveal risk of a ‘lost generation’ as contributions to new pensions 80% lower than amounts going in to older pensions’
- Lack of really long gilts shows UK’s failure to “seize the moment”
- Pre-school costs more than mortgage or rent for working parents
- The changing nature of protection
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July
- LSE should 'strategically develop' in the direction of data
- New PM urged not to neglect domestic agenda on pensions and social care
- Pension transfers pass £60 billion mark as third of a million use pension freedoms to move DB pots
- Cost of losing childcare vouchers could run into thousands for parents of school children
- No such thing as a typical drawdown customer
- Government funeral fund improvements fall short yet again
- HMRC admits it 'hasn't got a clue' how many people are facing fines over pension tax relief rules
- Inheritance and tax top the table of worries about a change of government among investors
- "Expect the worst when it comes to finances"
- New civil partnerships proposals could lead to 'major boost' to family finances
- RLAM bolsters responsible investment team with two hires
- IHT
- "Changes on life insurance and IHT a big step forward - but government urged to go further"
- "New statement shows government 'dragging its heels' on pensions equality"
- “Could Jeremy Hunt’s social care proposals fatally undermine automatic enrolment for pensions?”
- Royal London appoints Steve Murray as corporate development director
- Brits "more pessimistic and polarised" about Brexit impact on finances
- Retirement Outcomes Review - FCA’s stance will safeguard against bad retirement outcomes
- Enthusiasm for pension freedoms remains high with record level of pension withdrawals in Q2 2019
- Access to insurance can be improved through digitalisation of medical records
- “New HMRC figures show pensions over-taxation scandal hits record level”- Steve Webb, Royal London
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August
- “Five good reasons to think twice before consolidating your pension pots”
- Parents must not put their retirement security at risk to help children onto the housing ladder
- 'We need long term thinking not kneejerk reactions to address ageing population issues' - Helen Morrissey
- "Something is going wrong somewhere" - Becky O'Connor, Royal London, comments on latest tax-free childcare statistics
- 'There is still work to be done to align executive pay' - Ashley Hamilton-Claxton
- Greene King takeover - UK companies still attractive to overseas buyers
- Government must think carefully before taking drastic action on state pension age
- Why taking money from the ‘wrong’ pension pot could cost you dear
- Royal London interim results show robust performance
- Pensioners risk huge blow to income if they miss pension credit deadline
- We need greater awareness of cohabiting couples’ rights as numbers continue to surge
- 'RIO' home loans "not the answer" for majority of interest-only borrowers
- Poor governance at the smallest schemes putting retirement of members at risk
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September
- Increase in contributions exceeding annual allowance is “just the beginning”
- As the number of people aged over 90 continues to grow government must address ticking time bomb of retirement under provision
- Sterling volatility continues as UK runs out of options
- New Chief Executive Barry O’Dwyer joins Royal London
- Bank of England on hold - not frozen
- Ryanair AGM dissent should have come as no surprise
- Saudi oil attacks: what’s next? – Piers Hillier, Royal London Asset Management
- 'RIO' Borrowers face steep hike in interest rates for privilege of continuing to borrow into retirement
- The global outlook remains "a tug-of-war between stimulus and trade tensions"
- Surge in employment shows older workers are a force to be reckoned with
- Over 60s throwing away up to £1.75bn in retirement savings by opting out of pensions
- "Revolving door at DWP continues to turn" as Coffey replaces Rudd
- New FOI shows state support for low income homeowners “all but abolished’’
- 'The pound is now as volatile as the stock market, a very unusual state of affairs for a developed economy'
- Sustainable withdrawal rates vital to income drawdown success
- Bereaved are burdened with record high funeral debt
- ‘Government announcement of time-limited state pension increases ‘deeply worrying’ for ex-pats living in Europe’
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October
- HMRC ‘breaks its own record’ for overtaxing people on their pensions
- “Pension freedom withdrawals pass £30 billion, but savers being ‘savvy’ to reduce their tax bill”
- ‘New figures show worrying decline in employer awareness of automatic enrolment’
- RLAM welcomes revised UK stewardship code
- We need urgent reform of ridiculous web of tax allowances – Royal London
- Huge surge in people topping up their state pension
- TV licence cut means 1.7 million over 75s face real terms cut in living standards next year
- Royal London enhances income protection for NHS professionals
- Labour market data in line with struggling economy
- Vital Pensions Bill measures blocked as Treasury has ‘no vision for pensions’
- New report on pensions and tax 'a very sensible manifesto' - but will HMRC treat it with 'contempt' as before?
- Royal London pilots life cover for severe mental health conditions
- Opperman letter sets clear direction of travel on ESG for pension schemes
- Newly retired women urged by Royal London to check state pension for little-known boost
- Government must learn lessons from state pension age case
- Latest figures indicate modest rate cut looks more likely as uncertainty continues
- Change at Metro Bank sends signal of hope
- Londoners and Scots most likely to have put off a big decision because of Brexit
- Three million Brits put off buying a new home because of Brexit
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November
- “HMRC issues warning that high earners are failing to report pensions growth on tax return” – taxpayers could face huge bills for undeclared pension contributions
- "Financial advice provides £47,000 wealth uplift in a decade" – new research from Royal London and the International Longevity Centre
- Conservative Manifesto: ‘Pension tax relief announcements welcome – but action needed’
- A grim November for the UK economy
- Working parents promised thousands of pounds in support with childcare costs
- Labour’s ambitious pension plans will weigh heavily on the public purse
- Lib Dem manifesto pledges help for 1950s women but no sign of pension tax relief overhaul
- “New FOI confirms 200,000 families where the ‘wrong’ parent claims the Child Benefit – but here’s how to fix it”
- Self-employment and young people - Royal London comments
- Give the gift of future presents each Christmas to build thousands of pounds by age 18
- Financial vulnerability of self-employed an ‘area of concern’ as figures show strong growth in numbers
- Fall in women in employment must not be allowed to continue
- Uncertainty continues to drag on growth
- Independent schools opting out of Teachers Pension Scheme urged to ‘shop around’ and take advice before choosing new pension arrangements
- Pensions and the General Election – new Royal London analysis highlights risk of ‘safety first’ policies by major parties
- Government must commit to annual increase of benefit to tackle funeral poverty
- UK looking at stagnant end to the year
- Five misconceptions about Wills
- Savers should think twice before raiding their pension to purchase property
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December
- Young women putting financial futures at risk by opting out of pensions
- Promise of new review on tapered annual allowance ‘not urgent enough in a crisis’
- "We must grasp opportunity to boost women's pension saving as they close employment gap with men"
- New FOI reveals HMRC have applied ‘withdrawal penalties’ of over £9m on holders of Lifetime ISAs
- Royal London rejects standardised approach to benefit statements in favour of a principles-based approach
- Career, home ownership dreams and the cost of children change family plans
- Playtech’s latest pay proposals a raw deal for shareholders
- Prime Minister urged to make good on his manifesto promises
- HMRC receives 460,000 income tax refund requests a year
- Uncertainty threatens to linger
- ‘Where should trustees draw the line on supporting members considering a pension transfer?’ - new analysis from Eversheds Sutherland and Royal London
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January
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Press releases 2018
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January
- Are you ready for the road ahead
- MPs 'misled' over Budget stealth tax – Steve Webb, Royal London
- Royal London boosts children's critical illness cover with flexible options
- New statistics show HMRC is 'out of control' as "over-taxation" reaches almost half a billion pounds - Royal London
- Three in four British SMEs fail to insure their most valuable asset
- Royal London Partners with Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks to offer Over 50s Life Cover
- New FOI reply reveals 97% of eligible carers do not claim 'carer's credit' - Royal London
- Back to basics: Swerve the superfoods and save nearly £700
- This is 21st Century Britain
- How to avoid hidden dangers in retirement
- People are suffering in silence; not just on Blue Monday
- New FOI reply reveals ‘time running out’ as over 100,000 households face having mortgage lifeline cut
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February
- Over 750,000 people at risk of passing pensions to the wrong person when they die
- Royal London's consumer business launches game changing serious illness benefit
- Is it time for the care pensions? - Steve Webb, Royal London
- New HMRC figures show cause of women's pension equality 'set back a generation' - Royal London
- British Steel Pension Scheme scandal: Don't deny workers the chance to reshape their retirement plans - Steve Webb, Royal London
- New law on civil partnerships could have 'multi-billion pound' impact on pension schemes - Royal London and LCP
- Three million couples could be set for a 'multi-billion pound windfall' - Royal London
- Starting to buy the Donald dip
- Royal London invests in customers' futures by starting retirement conversations earlier
- ‘Public faith in property investment shows need for pensions world to highlight value of ‘invisible’ employer pension contributions’ - Steve Webb, Royal London
- Why we're starting retirement conversations earlier with our pension customers
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March
- Royal London reports strong new business and profit growth as CEO calls for five year moratorium on changes to pensions tax relief
- Almost half of private sector workers contribute 2% or less to their pension pot
- New analysis reveals shocking surge in gender gap in retirement incomes'
- Sustainable investing can pay off
- 1 in 3 poorest pensioners missing out on £150 million in vital cold weather help - government needs to take emergency action
- UK pensions liabilities rise by £1 trillion in five years - comment from Steve Webb, Royal London
- International Women's Day: We need a plan to improve women's financial resilience - Royal London
- April 2018 step-up in pension contributions - 'no need to fear large scale opt-outs' - Steve Webb, Royal London
- Giving up smoking could be good for your wealth
- Couples must beware of overstretching themselves with mortgage lending - Royal London
- New official figures show "catastrophically low" take up of SMI loan as thousands face loss of mortgage benefit help - Royal London
- Pensions white paper measures at risk of being ‘gesture’ legislation with little practical impact
- Surge in grandparents claiming help for looking after grandchildren
- Survey reveals employers open to pension contribution step ups alongside pay rises
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April
- Attachment to cash costs investors dear as stocks and shares ISAs continue to outperform
- HMRC urged to take down pension tax website which gives taxpayers the wrong answer – Steve Webb, Royal London
- Official figures show shocking disparity in pension incomes – Royal London
- Royal London launches five star funeral plan
- New DWP figures confirm 80,000 have had mortgage help cut off
- Royal London acts to help protect policy holders from 'throwing away' annuity guarantees
- Royal London fulfils on Funeral Payment pledge promise
- Independent Governance Committee's 3rd annual report highlights value for money to Royal London workplace customers
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May
- Royal London paid out over £0.5bn in UK protection claims in 2017
- Italian political crisis makes for a soggy summer
- State of the Protection Nation
- Make DB pension transfer advice more accessible - Royal London
- Five good reasons to transfer, and five good reasons not to
- Will we ever summit the Pension Mountain New analysis from Royal London
- Top five ways to help your loved ones after you have gone
- What would the Resolution Foundation proposals mean for pensions and pensioners
- Time to end 'absurdity' of tax over-pay and reclaim system on pensions
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June
- People living with diabetes no longer face a life insurance lottery
- Sustainable funds now available for all Royal London pension customers
- Royal London urges Office of Tax Simplification to review IHT treatment for cohabiting couples
- DWP figures show ongoing success of auto-enrolment but micro-employers need more support
- New longevity data could mean state pension increase to 68 is pushed back
- Don't Chase Risky Income In Retirement New Warning From Royal London
- Royal London calls for more education on power of attorney as new FOI reveals soaring investigations
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July
- Money worries a cause of nightmares
- Treasury Committee Report: Auto-enrolment must do more to address undersaving
- Government must not let cold calling ban timetable slip any further – Royal London
- UK labour market consistent with August UK rate rise
- DWP must not abandon pension dashboard – Royal London
- New corporate governance code needs investor engagement to deliver results
- FCA study shows no "one size fits all" assessment for platform market – Ascentric
- RLAM to launch a monthly income bond fund
- Graduates could miss out on thousands in pension savings
- Treasury chooses a 'good day to bury bad news', as delay on cold-calling ban finally confirmed in parliament
- High profile corporate failures show no sign of sinking pensions lifeboat
- High Court gives green light to Royal London for next stage of plan to protect guaranteed annuity rate customers
- 'Generation still taxed' - new figures show pensioners pay over £24 billion in tax - average pensioner bill is £3,500 pa
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August
- Select Committee launches inquiry into pension costs and transparency
- People must stress test their finances in light of BoE interest rate hike
- Landmark ruling offers hope to pension scam victims
- UK Labour Market Statistics: Older workers represent huge talent pool for employers
- Royal London maintains strong trading results
- No deal Brexit could bring employment rights lottery for workers
- Occupational Pensions Scheme Survey shows average DC contributions continue to drop – Royal London
- Court verdict brings hope that ‘decades of injustice’ may be coming to an end
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September
- Buried in debt: Mourners borrow £1,700 to pay for loved ones' funerals
- Occupational Pensions Scheme Survey
- Adviser survey reveals huge variations in how firms "triage" pension transfer inquiries - but FCA clampdown on triage risks poor consumer outcomes
- Royal London welcomes DWP call for parents not to miss out on NI credits
- People must plan for longer retirement as stats show number of over 90s continues to grow
- ECJ ruling shows PPF must address compensation levels
- Government must bring self-employed into auto-enrolment without delay
- 10m hits on state pension website shows why state pension data must be on dashboard
- Employers must harness the potential of older workforce as ONS stats show number of over 65s still in work has doubled - Royal London
- Re-enrolment is key to keeping pension participation rates high - Royal London
- "Dangers if 'Dash for passive investing' goes too far"
- Stronger than expected inflation not what Bank of England predicted
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October
- Company pension scheme members set to receive billions in back payments
- Updated Code on Genetic Testing and Insurance welcomed
- FCA/TPR joint strategy 'a good sign' for retirement savers
- UK inflation data - weaker than expected data adds BoE breathing space
- Webb calls for clarity from DWP on triple lock calculation - confusion over numbers led to £100m being wiped from pensions overnight.
- RLAM’s head of multi asset, Trevor Greetham explains why the October volatility he expected presents a buying opportunity
- Number of women aged 60 – 64 still working has more than doubled compared to 1998
- RLAM's response to Unilever's turnaround
- FCA right to shy away from contingent charging ban but we need change on triage
- RLAM against forced divestment of Unilever under single listing
- Allowing heterosexual couples to enter civil partnerships an “important step forward” in safeguarding cohabiting couples’ financial future – Royal London
- GRIPs celebrate strong six year track record
- Chancellor must do more to help the housing market
- Respite on pension tax relief likely to be temporary
- Help for pension savers to access patient capital
- “New figures show HMRC ‘over-taxing spree’ moves up a gear” – Steve Webb, Royal London
- One of the most depressed sentiment readings in thirty years: time to buy?
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November
- High funeral costs finally put under the spotlight
- Positive outcome for Restaurant Group deal
- Royal London comments on CMA warning over Experian and Clearscore proposed merger
- New research shows consumers not putting themselves on the breadline by spending pension cash on luxuries
- Royal London calls on government to take action on power of attorney refund scheme as FOI shows millions left unclaimed.
- New research shows consumers baffled about how to respond to Brexit uncertainty
- Restaurant group deal should earn high return
- New Secretary of State needs to make time for pensions policy
- Treasury and Pensions Minister remain key shapers of pension policy after McVey resignation
- Government must take steps to boost pension credit take up as statistics show £3.5bn goes unclaimed
- Half of income drawdown customers have an income likely to last them for life
- Brewing domestic inflationary pressure are likely to keep the BoE on track for rate rises... Brexit permitting
- We need to make AE work for self-employed - Royal London
- Labour Market stats show number of over 65s still in work continues to grow - Royal London
- RLAM's Trevor Greetham: Sterling volatility spikes on Brexit uncertainty
- A money problem shared is a money problem halved - Becky O'Connor, Royal London
- RLAM’s Head of Multi Asset, Trevor Greetham, says stock markets reacted well to the US mid-term elections, but believes there’s more to come
- Persimmon: RLAM's Ashley Hamilton Claxton comments
- "Major concession from HMRC over high income child benefit tax charge" - Royal London
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December
- Quarter of a million nurses could face retirement poverty
- Trump Slump: Bargain Hunting after The Christmas Crash
- Royal London's new year money goals
- Increased ombudsman award limits will have huge "unintended consequences" for advisers and clients
- Royal London welcomes Candia Kingston to IAC
- Fed hike - not quite as dovish as expected
- DWP evaluation of automatic enrolment offers ‘rare good news’ on pensions
- Offering flexible working options key to keeping older workers in workplace
- Half of workers worried about income if they were to fall ill for more than a month
- Save yourself the post-Christmas tax return blues says Royal London to self-employed who are yet to file
- More women in employment
- Royal London CEO Phil Loney to stand down by the end of 2019
- Sustainable income levels are vital to safeguarding portfolio strength during periods of investment volatility
- Pensions dashboard feasibility study – reaction from Steve Webb
- Royal London enhances critical illness cover
- Overwhelming support for Royal London pension uplift plan
- New pension superfunds could be 'game-changer'
- Perplexed by wills
- Will we stay or will we go?
- Low paid tax relief lottery set to get worse for hundreds of thousands of workers in 2019
- Royal London urges taxpayers being chased by HMRC
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January
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Press releases 2017
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January
- Ascentric bolsters adviser support with appointment of Andy Zanelli
- RLAM expands equity capabilities with creation of global equity team
- Ascentric offers advisers access to Puma AIM portfolios
- Grandparents who help their daughters get back to work after childbirth are missing out on thousands of pounds
- Recovering from Christmas debts - Could 'spending awareness' be the key?
- Ascentric surpasses £12 billion assets under administration
- Royal London research reveals the state of the protection nation
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February
- Clear gender divide in experiences of bereavement
- DB Green Paper puts living standards at risk for millions - Steve Webb, Royal London
- Royal London supports more professionalism on pension scams
- Savers lose over £100 billion in a decade by investing in Cash ISAs
- Royal London reaches £1bn milestone of assets under management for the Governed Retirement Income Portfolios
- Royal London wins 'Exceptional' accreditation from Investor in Customers
- “Flexible” retirement could mean working into your late seventies or beyond
- Ascentric adopts simplest charging structure in the platform market
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March
- Social care green paper will prolong the 'decades of dithering' on social care -Steve Webb, Royal London
- Hammond prepares Brexit honey pot despite punchy forecasts
- Radical dividend tax cut means savers need to think again
- Self-employed will pay for State Pension
- Startling figures challenge notion of richer and richer pensioners
- Half the value of your home at risk from average care home stay
- Quarter of a million Royal London members see pension charges effectively slashed by more than a third in 2016
- Royal London reports strong new business and profits growth
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April
- FOI reply shows Government treating bereaved families as 'a nice little earner' - Steve Webb Royal London
- Advisers predict a stable outlook for the Protection market
- What does the snap General Election mean for our pensions? - Steve Webb, Royal London
- 800,000 people at risk of being over-taxed on their pensions - Steve Webb, Royal London
- Royal London enhances Personal and Business Menu plans
- Persimmon starts to address investor concerns on pay
- 'Middle way on the triple lock' proposed as part of 3-point Royal London 'pensions manifesto'
- Royal London Independent Governance Committee Annual Report for 2016: Understanding value for money
- Royal London analysis shows potentially unsustainable Income Withdrawal rates
- Harassed baby-boomers set to cascade a ‘wall of wealth’ from their parents to their children – Royal London
- Royal London launches pioneering life cover for people with diabetes
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May
- Half of the UK would rather miss the funeral of a loved one than tune in via a live-stream
- Investors risk losing billions as 'dash for cash ISAs' continues - Royal London
- Royal London improves Income Protection cover
- The next instalment of Roy's journey revealed
- Labour manifesto pension proposal could cost £300bn - Steve Webb, Royal London
- Care bills could eat up half the value of family homes under 'regional lottery' conservative proposals - Steve Webb, Royal London
- Call for reform as families face shock five-figure tax bills after death of a loved one – Steve Webb, Royal London
- Care costs repayment scheme built on 'shaky foundations'
- China and Trump could deliver another volatile summer for markets
- Could living together in later life seriously damage your wealth?
- 'Meaningful' care cost cap needed to prevent big regional winners and losers from proposed reform - Royal London
- Political risk tops client concerns in 2017
- Nearly a third of a billion paid in claims by Royal London
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June
- Call for changes to inheritance tax rules as executors face paying IHT bills from their own pocket – Helen Morrissey, Royal London
- The rise of DC: The 'Decision Citizen' - Royal London
- Investors press WPP to plan for a post-Sorrell future
- An Aramco IPO must play by the rules
- Pros and cons for markets of a weak and unstable UK government
- No time for uncertainty
- Households must put plan in place to deal with cost of living squeeze – Royal London
- Three million workers missing out on £2 billion of 'buy-one, get-one free cash' from their employers
- Queen’s speech leaves social care policy “in limbo” – Steve Webb, Royal London
- DUP-Conservative deal on pensions - 'could open door to cuts in tax relief'
- Royal London launches new mortgage protection innovation with L&C
- Surge in pension transfers 'worth more than the value of your home' - Royal London
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July
- A blueprint for getting the self-employed into pensions
- Ascentric adds Clear Capital Management LLP to DFM options for advisers
- Royal London updates HIV underwriting philosophy
- Tough action needed to protect consumers from misleading sales practices
- FCA consultation could reverse progress on shareholder protection
- Millions feel the squeeze financially while coping with a critical illness
- Growing risk that your pension will go to the wrong person when you die – Royal London
- RLAM launches Multi Asset Credit Fund for institutional investors
- Government right to implement Cridland findings - Steve Webb, Royal London
- Royal London introduces e-signatures for Access to Medical Reports Act consent forms
- Rising services activity offsets manufacturing weakness
- Royal London launches a new pension Review Service
- New research find those who receive financial advice are on average £40,000 better off than their unadvised peers
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August
- BoE Comment - Brexit uncertainty and low wage growth will keep rates on hold
- The hidden costs of opening the Bank of Mum and Dad - new research from Royal London
- Westminster should follow Scotland's lead on funeral poverty plan
- CPI close to topping out
- New Royal London research shows that millennials are willing to save more
- Any new corporate governance measures must add value
- Pension scheme members need more help to avoid 'one-size-fits-all' outcomes - new report from LCP and Royal London
- Royal London appoints Olivia Dickson as a non-executive Director
- Funeral debt soars to an all-time high as funeral costs increase
- Royal London reports strong profit and new business growth in the first half of 2017
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September
- RLAM signs up to LGPS transparency code
- Auto-enrolment five years on: Royal London's five point action plan
- FOI reply reveals over £1.3 billion in unclaimed tax breaks for married couples
- Working families face 'unnecessary' child benefit loss of £171 million per year
- Risk targeted governed retirement income portfolios prove their resilience at five-year anniversary
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October
- Sir Andrew Dilnot calls for action on social care funding to mend ‘broken’ care market at first Royal London annual lecture
- RLAM expands equity offering with launch of two new global equity funds
- Revealed - The 775,000 people who pay a higher tax rate than a millionaire - New Royal London analysis
- Millions leave their loved ones to navigate money maze after they die
- 65,000 pensioners face losing mortgage help unless they take out second mortgage with the government
- RLAM announces the largest ever launch of a UK property fund
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November
- Solving the millennial pension saving problem: it's not all about pensions
- HMRC forced to refund homebuyers more than £160m in over-paid stamp duty in last year
- Minister urged to allow low-paid to share in benefits of salary exchange for pensions
- Homeowners should think twice before incurring charges in rush to secure cheap fixed rate mortgages as providers hold or even cut rates.
- Royal London introduces signature free consent form for claims
- Ascentric launches enhanced client reporting with Sprint to help raise the bar on adviser service
- Why pension tax relief is in the Chancellor's sights, five things he might cut - and one he won't
- More than one-third of parents won't or can't help children get on the property ladder
- Budget stamp duty reforms don't go far enough - Royal London
- Despite Brexit elephant in the room and pessimistic forecasts, 2017 Autumn Budget not all bad news
- Pension infrastructure plans 'likely to be a damp squib' - Steve Webb, Royal London
- 'Poorest pensioners to get smallest increase in April' - Steve Webb, Royal London
- Royal London awarded gold for customer service
- Budget 'stealth tax' to hit millions of savers - Steve Webb, Royal London
- GPs report symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression are on the increase in the UK
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December
- Could your elderly parents be falling victim to scammers? Royal London offers tips to family members to spot the warning signs this Christmas
- Thousands of military wives missing out on nearly half a billion in state pension rights as government schemes fail
- 'New data shows deepening pensions divide between public and private sector' - Steve Webb, Royal London
- Royal London calls for industry standard on reporting performance data
- 5.8 million renters have no plan B if they were too ill to work
- Royal London awarded nine gold ratings in Finance & Technology Research Centre 2017 Protection Product rankings
- How protection can save Christmas
- FOI replies reveal vulnerable pensioners at risk of poor outcome under care home funding lottery - Royal London
- Top saving tips from millennials
- Get prepared for self-assessment tax return now to beat HMRC fines urges Royal London
- Student debt could mean current graduate pension savings are a fifth lower
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January
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