Pensions

Designed for use with Stakeholder and GPP Defined Contribution schemes, generic versions of the tools will be available directly from Friends Provident's group pension website without the need to go through any...

Plummeting financial markets have taken their toll on defined contribution pension schemes in recent weeks, creating a headache for HR departments and putting particular pressure on those close to retirement.Aon calculates that...

The importance of picking the right default fund cannot be underestimated. Until the British public shows the same appetite for choosing their investment funds as Americans, advisers, employee benefit consultants and trustees...

Launched in 1991, the £590m Newton International Bond fund aims to maximise the total return from income and capital growth in the global bond markets through investment, predominantly, in international securities whilst...

What we do know is that a lot of people think we came very close to complete meltdown. One well-known financial pundit I spoke to reported going to cash and carry and...

Drake takes over on a caretaker basis following Myners’ appointment to the newly created role of Minister for the City.The appointment was announced by James Purnell, Secretary of State for Work and...

Davies told delegates at the NAPF annual conference that employers are encouraging staff away from self-selection of funds towards target-based funds more akin to institutional offerings that they believe are more suitable...

Andrew Dickson, senior business development manager at Standard Life told delegates at the NAPF annual conference in Glasgow that offering financial advice to members of staff can reverse the effects of levelling...

Responding to the publication of a NAPF report into the regulatory burden of UK pensions, Norgrove accepted its findings that DB schemes in the UK do exist under a high level of...

The Pension Quality Mark (PQM) will be launched in early 2009 and will be available to all types of workplace pension that meet three core tests.To qualify schemes must offer a minimum...