<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Retirement View - Scottish Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest news, views and commentary from the world of pensions from our commentators Fiona Tait and Jamie Clark.]]></description><link>http://www.scottishlife.co.uk/scotlife/Web/Site/Adviser/TechnicalCentralArea/Blog/advTCblog.asp</link><copyright>Copyright Scottish Life 2011</copyright><language>EN</language><ttl>1440</ttl><webMaster>do@scottishlife.co.uk</webMaster><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 09:55:29 GMT</pubDate><item><title><![CDATA[Automatic Enrolment - Final staging dates and thresholds announced (almost...)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Department for Work and Pensions has at last given us details of the proposed staging dates for small employers and earnings thresholds for automatic enrolment. Here’s a summary of what the DWP said.]]></description><link>http://www.scottishlife.co.uk/scotlife/web/site/Adviser/TechnicalCentralArea/Blog/Posts/120411finalstagingdates.asp</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are officially delighted]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's a social network faux-pas to use "delighted" in any commentary so I did think twice before using it. The fact remains though that I am delighted that the Chancellor chose to leave pension tax relief untouched in his 2012 Budget.]]></description><link>http://www.scottishlife.co.uk/scotlife/web/site/Adviser/TechnicalCentralArea/Blog/Posts/120329weareofficiallydelighted.asp</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physics and the science of automatic enrolment]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been reading an article about the discovery that tiny wee particles called neutrinos can travel faster than the speed of light. About a billionth of a second faster apparently. <br>That doesn't sound much, but if proved true, it will fundamentally change our understanding of the universe...]]></description><link>http://www.scottishlife.co.uk/scotlife/web/site/Adviser/TechnicalCentralArea/Blog/Posts/20120224physicsandscience.asp</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Automatic Enrolment Regulations - The Final Countdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[The DWP started a consultation on automatic enrolment way back in July last year with some draft regulations. On the 1st of February, the DWP published the government response to that consultation, together with the final regulations.<br><br>]]></description><link>http://www.scottishlife.co.uk/scotlife/web/site/Adviser/TechnicalCentralArea/Blog/Posts/020212Newautoregs.asp</link><pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How far should providers go?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The recent publication "A shared approach to Adviser and Consultancy Charging", in the drafting of which Scottish Life was heavily involved, has attracted some unfavourable comment from IFAs.]]></description><link>http://www.scottishlife.co.uk/scotlife/web/site/Adviser/TechnicalCentralArea/Blog/Posts/20120117HowFar.asp</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[DWP fly over the Cuckoo's NEST...]]></title><description><![CDATA[The DWP has asked whether NEST should be the default provider for millions of small pension pots - are they mad?]]></description><link>http://www.scottishlife.co.uk/scotlife/web/site/Adviser/TechnicalCentralArea/Blog/Posts/20120112cuckoosNEST.asp</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s the employer contribution, stupid!]]></title><description><![CDATA[A key finding from research carried out by the Strategic Society Centre (SSC) was that the biggest factor in pension participation is the availability of an employer contribution.]]></description><link>http://www.scottishlife.co.uk/scotlife/web/site/Adviser/TechnicalCentralArea/Blog/Posts/20111209EmployerContribution.asp</link><pubDate>Fri, 9 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the press: Shining a light on the auto-enrolment small print]]></title><description><![CDATA[The cost of public sector pensions is rising with increased longevity, and reforms are pending. Amid the controversy, many people affected hold misconceptions.]]></description><link>http://www.scottishlife.co.uk/scotlife/web/site/Adviser/TechnicalCentralArea/Blog/Posts/20111018EightMyths.asp</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the press: Shining a light on the auto-enrolment small print]]></title><description><![CDATA[Understanding the detail of auto-enrolment issued by The Pensions Regulator will put advisers in a good position to help their business clients comply with the new requirements.]]></description><link>http://www.scottishlife.co.uk/scotlife/web/site/Adviser/TechnicalCentralArea/Blog/Posts/20110830ShineALight.asp</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the press: The death of active member discounts]]></title><description><![CDATA[It seems inevitable to me that auto-enrolment will kill off active member discounts (AMDs).]]></description><link>http://www.scottishlife.co.uk/scotlife/web/site/Adviser/TechnicalCentralArea/Blog/Posts/20110823AMDs.asp</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>

