She said the move from RPI to CPI for increases to pensions in payment and the average 3% rise in pension contributions had been introduced without consultation. Carberry said the contribution increases...
But Pickering, a former chairman of the NAP, welcomed the abolition of the default retirement age and called for a more flexible attitude to older workers. In a panel discussion on “Are...
Speaking at the Corporate Adviser summit today, Whitehouse said that while auto-enrolment was often compared to New Zealand’s Kiwi Saver , that scheme introduced from a low base of 10 per cent...
Pensions risk being tarnished further if the industry collapses into chaos under the weight of auto-enrolment, said delegates at last month’s Corporate Adviser forum Implementing auto-enrolment stepping up to the challenge hosted...
Advisers will have to reinvent their communications role from October next year as the roll-out of auto-enrolment prompts a fundamental switch in the messages that will be appropriate, said delegates at last...
The workload facing advisers and providers in implementing auto-enrolment is as enormous as the opportunity it presents is golden.Existing schemes are widely under-prepared and a once-in-a-lifetime new business opportunity looms, with unpensioned...
Implementing automatic enrolment is arguably the biggest professional challenge many working in the pensions industry today will ever have faced. It is doubtless an opportunity in equal measure.The opportunities are obvious for...
With the onset of automatic enrolment fast approaching, employers are faced with a number of complex choices that will have a direct impact on their business and their employees. Some may focus...
The said academic was David Blake, of the Pensions Institute at the Cass Business School, who with fellow members Douglas Wright and Yumeng Zhang, has written a series of discussion papers looking...
In the current economic climate, the need to obtain the best possible value for money remains vital, particularly when investing in big-ticket items. With businesses under pressure to manage costs effectively, it...
