Broadstone has bought Bristol-based pension and actuarial firm BBS Consultants and Actuaries, its fourth acquisition in 2019. The acquisition follows the purchases of Liverpool-based CS Financial Solutions, Thomson Dickson Consulting in Glasgow and the London-based 3HR Benefits...
Discussions about how to jump-start group risk and expand with new-to-market business have being going on for decades, but experts are now demonstrating much greater unanimity of thought. One point on which there...
You’ve read the headlines. You’ve seen the stats. The cost of workplace absence can be eye- watering: arguably more so for micro to small businesses for whom the law of percentages dictates...
The Combined Nuclear Pension Plan, the master trust for workers in the nuclear decommissioning industry, has just received authorisation, the 35th provider to do so. Salvus Master Trust and SuperTrust UK, which has the...
It feels like a Pavlovian reaction to want to write an opinion piece just because the Government has issued the plan for some primary legislation in relation to pensions. We’ve been waiting...
SPONSORED CONTENT Pension consultants sometimes express concerns at the prospect of scheme members moving from institutional pricing in group schemes during the accumulation phase to more expensive retail pricing in drawdown? What...
September was hugely significant in the context of Open Finance and the path to helping the millions of employees, who cannot afford traditional financial advice take more control of their financial lives....
MetLife is introducing an employee assistance programme (EAP) for its SME proposition to target smaller employers’ need to improve their employees’ wellbeing. The EAP, available to members of SME group life schemes...
The Axa PPP Healthcare brand is to be dropped in a rebrand that sees it and several of Axa’s other UK healthcare business come under the new identity of Axa Health. The...
Nest has announced its third private credit mandate to a new fund manager, appointing BNP Paribas Asset Management to source diversified global loans. Nest plans to commit around £500m across its private...
