The number of fund managers pushing clients to embrace environmental, social and governance investing has increased in recent years. Asset managers claim that environmental factors like climate change, social factors such as...
The well-publicised problems with advice on transfers from the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) has ben arguably the most high-profile test to date of the pension freedom and choice policy. While sponsor...
High premiums, product complexity and a lack of market growth have turned group medical insurance into a no-go area for some advisers. But an upswing in virgin business shows that opportunities are...
The checklist of factors a consultant or adviser must weigh up when deciding whether a scheme or provider is delivering value for money is a lengthy one. Is cheapest always best? Are...
Where will open banking take the employer/ employee relationship? It will help people to get better deals on things – but they need to understand that they now own their banking data,...
With both The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) turning the heat up on workplace pensions, the issue of value for money has never been higher up the agenda. As...
While the UK’s productivity gap is a mammoth problem, the range of tools the group risk industry brings to employers to help tackle it is wide and varied. The tools that insurers...
Arguably the biggest challenge facing the UK economy is the stagnation in productivity that has persisted since the 2008 financial crisis. Figures released last October by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...
Millions of savers in auto-enrolment default funds are experiencing significantly lower levels of risk-adjusted return because of the wide variance in structure of master trust and life office investment strategies, Corporate Adviser...
EBCs face an unprecedented level of upheaval if the FCA goes ahead and refers investment consultants to the CMA and recommends regulation of pension consultants. John Greenwood examines where a referral could...
