Jane Marshall

Expectation is the root of all heartache - as Shakespeare apparently didn't say - in pensions, too

Nobody said it was easy, No one ever said it would be so hard. Did Coldplay get it right about pensions administration?

... or back to the future?

Reflections on the history of general elections and pensions

Some pensions issues arise time and again, popping up like garden perennials.

Good intentions and simple principles lead to complexity in pensions. Who'da thunk it?

April is the cruellest month - for pensions administrators more than most

30 years ago, pension disputes rarely figured as concerns of employers and trustees, let alone made news headlines. Times have changed.

In February 1996, pensions professionals were working out how to implement a new regulatory framework. The Pensions Act 1995 had been introduced with general support following a comprehensive review of UK pensions law and practice, and was gradually being brought in...

On New Year’s Day 1909, the first British old age pension funded out of general taxation became payable. Well over 600,000 people were expected to be eligible.