Pensions

Danny Cox, certified financial planner at Hargreaves Lansdown says whatever side of the fence you sit, it is important to understand from the outset what the multi-manager fund is aiming to do.“As...

Corporate pension websites are being ignored by the overwhelming majority of staff, according to new research.In research carried out for Johnson Fleming, only 12.3 per cent of employees had used their pension...

The extent to which financial education in the workplace can change employees’ behaviour and affect their wealth and health is being put to the test in an experiment launched by Axa.The project...

For too long, group risk had something of a Cinderella image. It has been undersold, undervalued and arguably, is in dire need of a makeover. But, there are a number of enticing...

HSBC’s Protected Retirement Funds, described by the bank as the only protected funds available to UK group pension schemes, have locked in gains of over 32 per cent in their first year.HSBC...

The removal of the default retirement age (DRA) means employers will face new issues over redundancies, staff motivation, reward and employee benefits, says Mercer.Older, longer-serving employees remaining in the workforce longer will...

The Coalition Government’s proposals for a rethink on the taxation of higher earners have been welcomed across the pensions industry.Chancellor George Osborne announced in last month’s Emergency Budget that the Government will...

The government has appointed former Labour pensions minister John Hutton to chair an inquiry into public sector pensions, and Will Hutton, journalist and executive vice-chair of the Work Foundation to conduct a...

Recent findings from the CBI/Pfizer’s absence and workplace health survey 2010, show that since its last survey in 2008, absence fell to an average of 6.4 days per employee in 2009 at...