Mel Duffield

  • Lifetime-Isa
    Analysis

    What impact will the Lifetime Isa have on UK workplace pensions?

    2017-04-05T08:35:54

    The launch of the Lifetime individual saving account (Lisa) presents an attractive new way for people to boost their savings for a deposit for a first home or their pension pot on retirement, but it should not be seen as an alternative to paying into a workplace pension.

  • Opinion

    Mel Duffield: Staff need support when buying an annuity

    2013-03-25T00:00:00

    This is the point at which the employee’s pension pot is at its largest and when they stand to lose the most, both from their own and their employer’s pension contributions, by making a poor decision or simply failing to act. Reaching retirement and purchasing an annuity is a one-off ...