Pensions

The not-for-profit organisation that supports employee share ownership in the UK says 16 per cent of the 1.7 million employees participating in SAYE schemes could lose out as a result of the...

This is your chance vote for the fund that you believe best fills the retirement saving needs of employees who do not have access to ongoing independent financial advice. The winning fund...

Kirwan says the Government is receptive to industry proposals that smaller employers be offered tax breaks if they adopt products that boost the productivity of their staff, whether by improving workplace health...

Alan Johnson, health secretary and Ed Balls, secretary of state for children, schools and families, say the Government wants to use the workplace as an environment for the improvement of the nation's...

Hain resigned from the post after his Labour leadership campaign donations were referred to the police by the Electoral Commission.Purnell returns to the department after a six month stint as culture secretary...

Aifa says that three tiers of adviser is too many for the public to understand. It says 'financial adviser' and 'sales representative' are all that is needed, with financial advisers offering fee-based...

Ellison, head of strategic development, pensions at Pinsent Masons, says the cost of UK regulation will force providers to develop new products run from more amenable jurisdictions.Some life offices, including Standard Life,...

The report, which analysed the health of more than 10,000 British civil servants, found that those under 50 who said their work was stressful were 70 per cent more likely to develop...

It has also changed maternity benefit to a maternity - antenatal appointment benefit. This means that benefit is now payable after the antenatal scan rather than on the birth of a child.

Sweeney, a qualified actuary, joins Hewitt after 28 years at Mercer Consulting where he held several positions, most recently as a principal advising trustees and employers on issues ranging from benefit design...