Pensions

"I want to dispel any sense of unions just obdurately banging the table and refusing to countenance any change in a shortsighted way," she says. "Unions and trustees have been very ready...

Individuals with large equity exposure were obviously the worst hit after the FTSE 100 plunged by 31 per cent last year, while many other markets - including Europe, Japan and the US...

Latin America's economy was growing, helped by strong commodity prices and buoyant demand from China. It is a region rich in raw materials: Venezuela has oil, Mexico and Peru have an abundance...

In addition to the confidential objective counselling services offered to employees - typically for up to six telephone-based or face-to-face sessions - and the array of helplines to assist with legal, financial...

But this isn't the case when it comes to medical insurance in the SME market. Here, with the exception of one insurer, obtaining the claims history for a scheme isn't an option,...

Research from Haven Holidays published in March found that, despite the current economic gloom, nearly half of those surveyed were still intending to take a holiday in 2009. However, more than half...

Like most mutual funds over the last couple of years, many share save and share incentive plans are underwater. Unlike mutual funds, however, employees in the plans are not stuck with these...

The firm says employer contributions paid in respect of high earners will no longer be tax-exempt as far as the employee is concerned. It points out that it will be easy to...

John Moret, director of sales and marketing at Suffolk Life says the Budget changes have broken the understanding that provided they did not exceed the annual or lifetime allowance, high earners could...

From April 11 pension contributions for people who earn over £150,000 will not receive tax relief at 40 per cent. Instead it will be tapered down to 20 per cent for earnings...