IT problems threaten launch of stakeholder pensions

The Independent - London;  January 11, 2000 ;     420 words ......that its flagship welfare reform, the launch of new no-frills stakeholder pensions, might have to...cannot be met, stakeholder pensions will be put back...their plans for stakeholder pensions, which were designed...

UK GOVERNMENT: New priorities for welfare reform.

M2 Presswire;  January 7, 1999 ;     700+ words ......priorities for welfare reform (C)1994-99...continuing welfare reform in 1999. Following...creation of new Stakeholder Pensions. On Child Support...introduced in the Welfare Reform Bill shortly...independence. On Stakeholder Pensions, which ...

Axa warns on stakeholder pensions

The Independent - London;  March 9, 1999 ;     89 words ...Axa warns on stakeholder pensions AXA SUN LIFE, one of the UK's biggest life insurers, has warned of a flaw in legislation over stakeholder pensions which could lead customers to "mis-buy" the products en masse. The insurer said the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill forces them to accept ...

Want information on stakeholder pensions? Ring a new helpline.

M2 Presswire;  November 3, 2000 ;     379 words ......Government: Want information on stakeholder pensions? Ring a new helpline (C)1994-2000...People who want more information on stakeholder pensions can now ring a new helpline for...Launching the helpline Mr Rooker said: Stakeholder pensions will, for the first time, offer...

Countdown to stakeholder pensions begins.

M2 Presswire;  March 28, 2001 ;     273 words ......UK Government: Countdown to stakeholder pensions begins (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...leaders to discuss the launch of stakeholder pensions. With just over a week to go before stakeholder pensions 'go live' Alistair Darling...

Stakeholder pensions 'will concern big firms'.

The Birmingham Post (England);  August 4, 2000 ;     343 words ...Stakeholder pensions - the low-cost alternative to personal...Birmingham office, believes the view that stakeholder pensions are primarily aimed at SMEs, is misplaced. 'Stakeholder pensions are all-encompassing. Unless companies...

Business Digest: Small firms get exemption from stakeholder pensions.

The Birmingham Post (England);  January 11, 2000 ;     356 words ......businesses will not have to make stakeholder pensions available to their staff when the...confirmed that annual charges for stakeholder pensions are to be limited to one per cent...proposed. The key target group for stakeholder pensions is the five million workers earning...

Blair's stakeholder pensions ignored by the low-paid

The Sunday Telegraph London;  August 7, 2005 ;     422 words ...PUBLIC CONFIDENCE in stakeholder pensions, the Government's much...Telegraph. Only 524,000 new stakeholder pensions were taken out in 2004...of the introduction of stakeholder pensions,'' said the report. Mr...

Stakeholder pensions should be compulsory, say insurers

The Independent - London;  October 25, 1999 ;     450 words ......are warning that contributions to stakeholder pensions will have to be made compulsory...whether - despite the lower cost - stakeholder pensions on their own will be enough to meet...of compulsion seems inevitable if stakeholder pensions are to meet the Government's objective...

Talk not cheap for advice on stakeholder pensions.

The Birmingham Post (England);  March 16, 2001 ;     426 words ......leave it too late to organise their stakeholder pensions could find there are not enough...think they are affected by the new stakeholder pensions, should act now to be sure they...advise companies on how to implement stakeholder pensions. 'You must make stakeholder ...

The struggle with stakeholder pensions

The Independent - London;  November 10, 2001 ;     420 words ...ADVICE ON stakeholder pensions is denied to some because...companies. Their report, UK Stakeholder Pensions 2001, written by Suzie Stokes...advice and its availability." Stakeholder pensions were launched by the Government...

Losses forecast as stakeholder pensions begin

Evening News - Scotland;  November 23, 2000 ;     187 words ......years in order to provide "low-fee" stakeholder pensions. Stakeholder pensions, designed to encourage people earning...destroy profits. Lloyds TSB will introduce stakeholder pensions via its Scottish Widows Investment Partnership...

Stakeholder pensions - First year figures.

M2 Presswire;  September 12, 2003 ;     601 words ......PRESSWIRE-12 September 2003-UK Government: Stakeholder pensions - First year figures(C)1994-2003...today on the first year figures for stakeholder pensions show that around two-thirds(1) of...demonstrate the encouraging start that stakeholder pensions have made in offering people a ...

ISA incentives could undermine success of stakeholder pensions.

The Birmingham Post (England);  January 24, 1998 ;     333 words ......Government's planned flexible secondtier stakeholder pensions could be put in jeopardy if tax...of Social Security, the NAPF said stakeholder pensions would form an important part of...NAPF is concerned that ISAs and stakeholder pensions are targeted at the same people...

Stakeholder pensions trap awaits small firms

Evening Standard - London;  June 14, 2001 ;     188 words ......they must offer their employees stakeholder pensions by October of this year or face...Other small employers are ignoring stakeholder pensions because they already have more red...that many others who do know about stakeholder pensions seem to be choosing to forget about...