personal pension scheme
1personal pension scheme — A scheme to which the employee contributes to provide retirement and/or death benefits. Employers can contribute to personal pension schemes also but are not obliged to do so. A personal pension scheme operates as a money purchase scheme. See… …
2Personal pension scheme — A Personal Pension Scheme (PPS), sometimes called a Personal Pension Plan (PPP), is a UK tax privileged individual investment vehicle, with the primary purpose of building a capital sum to provide retirement benefits, although it may also be used …
3personal pension scheme — An arrangement in which an individual contributes part of his or her salary to a pension provider, such as an insurance company or a bank. The pension provider invests the funds so that at retirement a lump sum is available to the pensioner. This …
4personal pension scheme — An arrangement in which an individual contributes part of his or her salary to a pension provider, such as an insurance company or a bank. The pension provider invests the funds so that at retirement a lump sum is available to the pensioner. This …
5group personal pension scheme — group personal pension plan/group personal pension scheme (GPPP) An arrangement for the employees of a specific employer to participate in a personal pension scheme on a group basis. A GPPP is effectively a series of individual personal pensions… …
6pension scheme — Any arrangement the main purpose of which is to provide a defined class of individuals (called members of the scheme) with pensions. A pension scheme may include benefits other than a pension and may provide a pension for dependants of deceased… …
7personal pension plan — ( PPP) Private pension scheme run by insurance companies, unit trusts, building societies and banks. It aims to provide you with a pension at retirement plus other benefits. Unlike an occupational pension scheme, a personal pension plan need not… …
8Stakeholder pension scheme — Stakeholder pension schemes were introduced in the UK in 2001 to encourage more long term saving for retirement, particularly among those on low to moderate earnings. They are required to meet a number of conditions set out in legislation,… …
9registered pension scheme — With effect from 6 April 2006, both occupational pension schemes and personal pension schemes may apply to HM Revenue & Customs to be registered. A registered pension scheme must comply with the rules on the amounts of contributions and benefits… …
10occupational pension scheme — superannuation A pension scheme open to employees within a certain trade or profession or working for a particular firm. An occupational pension scheme can either be insured or self administered. If it is insured, an insurance company pays the… …
