Pensions

You wait all year for a big announcement on pensions, and then three, four or even five come along at once. Pensions professionals can be forgiven for a sense of overload in...

TPR has accused pension providers of designing pre-retirement information packs that confuse customers rather than communicate their right to shop around for a better deal.TPR says while most pre-retirement communications do follow...

The AnswersPhilip Brown, head of retirement product, Partnership Philip Brown, head of retirement product, PartnershipNo. Banning the use of gender as an underwriting and pricing factor can only have a negative impact...

Profit margin on corporate wrap in the UK is thinner than in other countries such as France, says Henri de Castries, chairman and chief executive of Axa Group.Explaining Axa’s decision to leave...

A report on the BBC website states the review, headed by Paul Johnson, an economist at the Institute of Fiscal Studies, will call for a £7,500 threshold for Nest. Corporate Adviser understands...

Nest assistant director of market and member engagement Paul Gilbody told Corporate Adviser Summit delegates last week that a “minority” of people will be adversely affected by means-testing.But Paul Goodwin, head of...

McAteer, who is a non-executive director of the FSA as well as director of the Financial Inclusion Centre, an independent, not-for-profit think-tank, told delegates at the Corporate Adviser Summit in Hampshire last...

During a panel debate at the Corporate Adviser Summit in Hampshire last week, advisers highlighted the growing trend among consumers, particularly the younger generation, to have more access over their finances in...

Speaking at the Corporate Adviser Summit in the Four Seasons hotel in Hampshire last week, Matthews condemned the practice as both “curious” and unhealthy, while also raising questions about its legitimacy.In a...

Hutton says final salary schemes are unfair as they allow high-flyers to accrue pension at twice the rate relative to contributions as more modest earners.But Hutton rejects the argument that public sector...