A jubilee year for the state pension?
Ros is quoted in the Financial Times talking about women’s State Pensions and how women have been let down by the system – after 70 years, the state pension is not so happy and glorious!
Webinar on-demand: The value for money conundrum
Ros participated in a Professional Pensions webinar discussing value for money in pensions, how fees are not the best yardstick and emphasis is also needed on service, efficiency, ease of use, financial education, simple language, individualising product options and so on.
The Value For Money Conundrum | A Professional Pensions’ webinar in partnership with Cushon
Ros appeared in a Professional Pensions webinar discussing how to achieve better value for money for pension customers – and spoke about the need for more flexibility and individualisation of products/service.
Altmann: Pension providers prioritise fees over people
FT Pensions Expert quotes Ros warning that pension providers seem to be prioritising fees over people and their one-size-fits-all products are not suitable for everyone, especially as retirement becomes gradual and later.
Ros Altmann: The real opportunities of auto-enrolment have been missed
Ros wrote a Money Marketing column explaining the golden opportunities missed by pension providers in the past years as auto-enrolment and pension freedoms enable more new products and more individualised approaches, which would improve peoples pensions. ( link to pdf )
DIY retirement savers blocked from transferring final salary pensions
Ros is quoted in Pensions Expert expressing concerns about advisers imposing extra costs for ongoing advice for on customers needing to transfer money from DB schemes if the transfers are suitable.
Rename pension credit to help older people in the cost-of-living crisis, says Tory peer
Ros is quoted in inews talking about how important it is to increase take-up of Pension Credit and perhaps calling it ‘Pensioner Top-up’ would help ease the stigma and improve understanding. ( link to pdf )
Lifetime Isa savers face penalties after house price surge as cost-of-living crisis bites
ThisIsMoney website quotes Ros warning about the dangers of mis-selling that are associated with the Lifetime ISA as some people are suffering significant losses because the home they want to buy is above the LISA limit. ( link to pdf )
Pension savers given stronger nudge towards taking guidance
Ros is quoted in the Belfast Telegraph explaining why it is so important to encourage more people to use the PensionWise free guidance service. ( link to pdf )
Employers urged to utilise salary sacrifice amid rising cost of living
Ros is quoted in Pensions Age. ( link to pdf )