Pensions

You could say the employee benefit equivalent of the Holy Grail is the employer client yet to provide any benefits, but who is keen to offer something to staff. But such clients...

AMDs are the way forward for AMC-based commission.There is no way forward for AMC-based commission. In fact, we believe AMDs represent the death throes of this charging shape. Persistency is plummeting and...

Given the unparalleled tax advantages of additional voluntary contributions (AVCs), it is surprising how little publicity they receive compared to other less tax efficient long-term savings vehicles. AVCs have never been regarded...

Pan-European and multi-national businesses are increasingly looking to harmonise benefits across territories and strip out costs where possible from their global benefit programmes. However, to our knowledge less than 5 true pan-...

Standard is paying £24.2m for the employee benefits technology and admimistration provider. Vebnet has a corporate client base of 145 and 293,000 employee users of its flexible benefits proposition.Standard says it has...

The firm says over the past year one of the major shifts in investment attitudes for pension schemes has been to exchange low yielding government bonds for higher yielding corporate bonds because...

The Morningstar Fund Feature allows members to see how their funds are performing against others in the same sector.Employees will be provided with fund performance information for each fund with each provider...

Aimed at companies with between 100 and 1,000 policy members, Standard Life Healthcare says corporate healthcare is designed to suit all budgets and company needs, regardless of whether they are switching from...

It has launched the service following research carried out on its behalf that shows 68 per cent of pension plan members think the amount they are saving is too low yet only...

The insurer says Global Health Bespoke allows advisers to tailor their corporate client's cover to meet their exact requirements. It says the plan also offers a range of benefits not normally covered...