COVID-19 Archives - QROPS New Zealand

Which QROPS are kicking COVID and which are being kicked

Posted on May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 by simon

[su_row] [su_column size="1/5"] [/su_column] [su_column size="4/5"] Which QROPS are kicking COVID and which are being kicked[/su_column][/su_row]Make sure your QROPS is not at Level 4 Introduction We all know markets have been and continue to be volatile and people are worried about their investments. There has also been plenty written about...Read More

COVID- 19 – Your long-distance relationship with your UK pension just got harder

Posted on April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 by simon

That long-distance relationship you have with your UK pension just got even harder The distance between you and your UK pension just got a whole lot bigger as the world has started to isolate, what seemed close is now not. And the distance has grown at a time when financial...Read More

Final salary scheme transfer values jump due to COVID-19

Posted on March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 by simon

Final salary scheme transfer values jump due to COVID-19 The biggest determinate of transfer values is UK bond yields. The lower these go the higher the transfer value of pensions go. With COVID-19 spooking the markets investors have piled into bonds. This investment has driven bond yields down to a point where...Read More

Spring cleaning your UK pensions while stuck in a bubble

Posted on March 30, 2020March 31, 2020 by simon

COVID-19 and UK pensions getting on top of the admin Spring cleaning your UK pensions while stuck in a bubble We all have those annoying and pesky tasks that we’ve been meaning to get around to. Sorting out your pensions is often one of them. Well, if you have a bit...Read More

COVID-19 will adversely affect the process and timing of pension transfers

Posted on March 23, 2020March 31, 2020 by simon

COVID-19 and UK pensions Pension transfers will be affected COVID-19 will adversely affect the process and timing of pension transfers UK pension transfers are complex paper shuffling exercise at the best of times. They are also often constrained by the strict timeframes given for defined benefit pension transfers (three...Read More

UK pensions learnings from the GFC

Posted on March 23, 2020March 31, 2020 by simon

COVID-19 and UK pensions Learnings from the last GFC We’ve been in the pension transfer game a while, since 1999 to be precise, so have seen our fair share of crises. Most of them have the common theme of a big drop in the share market, lots of defaults,...Read More