Ros quote in Daily Mail regretting rate cuts for National Savings Cash ISA savers. As the Bank of England increases base rates, it is sad to see NS&I penalising its customers. ( link to pdf )
Daily Mirror explains that women are losing out on pensions, especially in divorce and Ros urges greater attention to pension implications of women ignoring pension sharing ( link to pdf )
People Management magazine highlights the success of auto-enrolment as contribution rises are accepted without damaging opt-outs. ( link to pdf )
Calls to change pensions tax relief may not be too popular! – The Scotsman carries a comment on the Treasury Select Committee report suggesting reformed tax incentives. ( link to pdf )
NS&I cuts its interest rates for savers, just as Bank of England raises base rate – shame for savers – Ros quoted in Daily Mail ( link to external pdf )
Money Marketing carries Ros comments calling for FCA to ban pension firms using leads generated by cold-calling. ( link to pdf )
Occupational Pension deficits are £190billion as pressure mounts on firms to increase funding for DB schemes ( link to pdf )
Consumers need to rebuild confidence in the Financial Ombudsman Service. Ros suggests is may make sense to re-open random sample of cases. ( link to pdf )
Scare stories about equity release may be rather overdone – Ros is quoted by the Daily Express on her views about equity release loans and house price crash ( link to pdf )
Ros highlights in Actuarial Post magazine that dealing with Brexit has pushed many urgent pension and later life policy reforms onto the back burner – including pensions dashboard and social care funding. ( link to pdf )