Most large employers plan to use their existing arrangements when their auto-enrolment duties take effect, with only two companies intend to use Nest as their main pension scheme for new joiners, according...
Four key reforms matter above all the other policy initiatives currently being floated in the pensions arena, says Michael Johnson, research fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies.Simplification of state pension and...
Andrew Coombs So far, 2011 is proving to be another challenging year for intermediaries and employee benefits consultants advising on private medical insurance in the UK, with both larger and smaller sized...
“It’s got much worse in the last year or so,” says Glen Smith, managing director of Healthcare Partners. “There isn’t much new business around so we’re seeing some insurers and advisers having...
Ian McKenna While progress means things invariably move faster, it is questionable if new processes are truly optimal. In the analogue world, when everything was carried out on paper, differences between the...
One reason that views are so polarised is that anyone taking a view on the issue can focus on very different sizes of client. Large companies who have to introduce auto-enrolment in...
Alistair McQueen In May, many of us began enthusiastically studying our bank accounts to see if we’d secured tickets for the 2012 London Olympics.In May, the Pensions Regulator also began writing to...
Fears over growth in Europe and the US, combined with the eurozone crisis and impending interest rate rises, are unnerving fund managers.Only a net 10 per cent of investors expect stronger global...
As we now enter the final furlong before auto-enrolment commences, with the Pensions Regulator last month sending out the first letters telling large employers of their start date, both government and regulator...
With upwards of 7m new members of occupational schemes likely within the next few years, the role of chief executive of the Pensions Regulator is an increasingly significant public post. The last...
