Pensions

Consensus is very thin on the ground in the field of UK pensions, but when it comes to the European Union’s solvency consultation, this country is certainly presenting a united home front....

Over the past months, the group risk market and other players have been considering their responses to the government’s consultation on removing the default retirement age (DRA) during 2011.At a time when...

Auto-enrolment looks set to have a massive impact on people working in the pensions industry, with 50 per cent of respondents to the Pensions Management Institute’s PMI Career Development Survey 2010 expecting...

What the experts think 2011 holds for equities“I’ve got no idea what evidence people have to predict a bubble bursting in China because we haven’t seen a bubble developing yet. I know...

With a core of group risk providers positioning themselves as technology operators, some are predicting a polarisation of the market between old- and new-world business.But while it is certainly true that some...

Economic turmoil has taken its toll on many sectors of the corporate healthcare market, with headcounts reducing and employers scaling back benefits. But, while there has been carnage across the broader economy,...

In our session - 21st century workplace savings - we asked more than 40 corporate IFAs and employee benefit consultants what they expected from the roll-out of corporate benefit platforms, offering a...

It has not always been easy to ensure employees get the financial advice and education they need around their employee benefits. Post the retail distribution review (RDR) it looks set to get...

He may be a smug wimp, but it’s not hard to sympathise with Matthew Crawley, romantic hero of the latest posh- frocks and lace- bonnet hit drama Downturn, sorry, Downton Abbey.The poor...

This work has included developing prototypes for scheme administration processes and testing them with employers and advisers.We’ve also been developing our investment strategy and getting the infrastructure in place.We were very pleased...