Pensions

The firm is opening an eleventh regional office in Newcastle to house the 14-strong team who will be moving across as part of the deal. These employees formerly operated out of Brewin...

Through the partnership Logica will target pension providers, employee benefit consultants and third party administrators with technology to help them enable employers to meet their auto-enrolment obligations.Logica’s cloud-based portal is based on...

Its Employee Outlook: Focus on Pay and Pensions survey has found that 53 per cent of workers are ’totally unaware’ of the reforms, which start to take effect from October 2012. Awareness...

Today a change of employer generally leads to members accruing benefits under a different scheme. This means that many people retire with a number of small pots and a lack of understanding...

The UK Treasury’s agreement with the Swiss government has been hailed and attacked in equal measure.Critics have accused the Treasury of caving in to Swiss demands to maintain the secrecy its banks...

The coalition government is embarking on one of the most radical and far-reaching restructures of the welfare system the country has seen for many years. The review should not only help many...

Ian McKenna Making the case for offering and maintaining benefits in a harsh economic climate is hard enough, so it is crucial that employees fully appreciate their total financial value.Total rewards statements...

Even with automatic enrolment just over 12 months away, Nest continues to have to myth bust about what we are and what we’re not.As a new pension scheme, and with automatic enrolment...

As auto-enrolment rapidly approaches, employers have started the detailed planning that is necessary to comply with the new requirements.The introduction of new pension arrangements is also an opportunity for employers to review...

Richard Hobbs, director, Lansons CommunicationsAdviser and consultancy charging applies to direct and tied sales as much as to the independent channel. The FSA has not just limited the scope of this to...