The Department for Work and Pensions has published a staged timetable for occupational pension schemes and personal and stakeholder providers to be connected to the pensions dashboard.

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has called on the Department for Work and Pensions to consider paying compensation to women born in the 1950s hit by the increase in the State Pension age.

SSAS providers have hailed a victory as the Department of Work and Pensions has ditched a plan to potentially charge SSAS schemes a £10,000 general levy.

SIPP and SSAS provider body the Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS) has called on the DWP to announce a timetable for decisions over the future of its general levy.

In his latest column for SIPPs Professional, SSAS expert Martin Tilley looks at some potential SSAS investment gems (for professional advisers only).

After years of sharp growth in participation during the roll-out of auto enrolment, workplace pension growth has stalled, according to new data from the Department for Work and Pensions.

SIPP and SSAS provider professional body the Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes has expressed “strong opposition” to the DWPs consultation on the general levy for pension schemes.

Paul Maynard MP, 47, has been appointed Pensions Minister, taking the title of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

In his latest column for SIPPs Professional, SSAS expert Martin Tilley rebuffs the idea that a proposed increase to the DWP levy may kill off the SSAS market. 

The Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS), the industry body for SIPP and SSAS providers, has voiced “deep concerns” about a big proposed rise in a DWP pension scheme levy which could hit SSAS providers and other small pension scheme in the pocket.