ACA – Association of Consulting Actuaries

Our latest issue includes commentary on the Parties election offerings on pensions, savings and care.  It also includes a summary of the ACA’s own manifesto produced ahead of the election being announced and handy summaries of each Party’s relevant policy Read More …

Our latest Placard focusses on the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech in July 2023 and his call for further pension reforms.  We examine the issues raised, the progress made and the challenges ahead..

A review of pension developments and issues over the last few months…

After a brief lull during the Winter, the pensions industry is once again full steam ahead on a number of different fronts with a tidal wave of consultations being issued…

As advisers we are able to keep up with the deluge of consultations, but how are trustees and employers expected to be able to digest and prioritise this onslaught, particularly in the current environment where their attention might (understandably) be Read More …

The last few months have been hugely challenging for everyone on a global scale, whether dealing with the physical effects of COVID-19 or the indirect effects of the accompanying economic turmoil.  This issue of Placard reviews the pensions landscape..

Pensions is a world of assumptions, but one certainty is that if you were designing a pensions system from scratch, it wouldn’t look like the one that we have today.  This latest issue focuses on ACA responses to recent consultations… 

In October, the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) announced a manifesto of policy proposals that we wanted to see in the political parties’ manifestos – this is summarised on pages 4 – 5 of the special General Election Placard, featured Read More …

Flexibility in pensions has improved notably over recent years, particularly for retirees following the Pension Freedom and Choice reforms in 2015. But a lack of flexibility continues to cause problems for those in the process of saving for retirement…