Blogs
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'A positive force in people’s lives'
21/12/2020
Yvonne Braun, Director of Policy, Long-term Savings and Protection, answers questions on how customers can be better supported through – and beyond – the Covid-19 crisis.
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What more can be done to help people with retirement decisions?
04/12/2020
Our Head of Long-Term Savings, Rob Yuille, looks at what more needs to be done to help people make decisions at retirement, examining the essence of the problem and the direction of the solution.
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How we can “level up” on pension contributions for the low paid
13/10/2020
When AE was first introduced in 2012, only 40% of private sector workers saved into a workplace pension; now 86% do.
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Pots of Gen Z gold at the rainbow's end
16/09/2020
If coming-of-age in 2020 was a film, it might be classified as a horror. Along with many cancelled holidays, a messy A-levels results day and an unforgiving job market, the new financial…
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The Pensions Industry Needs to Clean the Stables
31/07/2020
ABI’s Senior Policy Adviser, Matt Burrell, assess the challenges ahead for pension providers to ensure pensions dashboards are implemented successfully following the recent call for input on data standards by The Pensions Dashboards Programme.
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The Adventure of the Lost Pensions
24/07/2020
As the ABI continues work with members and Government to reunite savers with their lost pensions and with Government currently considering expansion to the Dormant Assets Scheme which provides fund to charitable causes, our Policy Adviser for Long-term savings policy, Evey Tang looks at how this might affect customers.
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Why pensions tax relief change needs consultation and consensus
07/07/2020
Following last week’s publication of a briefing note by the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) on pension tax relief, our taxation policy adviser, Dan Gallon has blogged on the background to the…
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Covid-19 and long-term savings: supporting customers and adapting operations
02/06/2020
Ahead of our webinar on "Long-term savings operations: navigating unprecedented challenges" on 25 June, our Head of Long-Term Savings Policy, Rob Yuille, has blogged on how firms have sought to adapt to meet the changing needs of customers and the regulatory landscape through the COVID-19 Crisis.
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WOW moments for International Women’s Day
06/03/2020
What better way to spend International Women’s Day, than attending the Women of the World (WOW) conference? Especially with a keynote from the host of The Guilty Feminist podcast, Deborah Frances-White...
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One size doesn’t fit all
28/02/2020
It is one of the generally accepted facts of the modern world that other than in the musical stylings of Frank Zappa, one size does not fit all. From exercise regimens to entertainment, people increasingly expect goods and services...