Pensions

Many are predicting a wave of strikes in defence of existing pension arrangements when former Work and Pension Secretary John Hutton publishes his interim report into public sector pensions later this month....

Ongoing concerns that the Group Risk market has over the removal of the Default Retirement Age (DRA) were allayed slightly by the announcement in the Government’s recent consultation. They acknowledge the unintended...

The myths that surround the provision of cash plans could mean you’re missing out on revenue opportunities. More and more corporate clients are seeing the benefits of offering cash plans to employees...

In association withThe tax efficiency of salary sacrifice for different earnings groups seems to have been constantly under question as both former and current governments have grappled with the taxation of pensions.But...

With corporate clients scrutinising every penny of their employee benefit spend, the health insurance market hasn’t been immune from the post Lehman Brothers fallout. But in comparison with some sectors of the...

The group risk market has certainly not remained unscathed by the financial traumas of the last two years and there is a considerable way to go before it experiences anything approaching business...

On Wednesday September 10 2008, Lehman Brothers posted a loss of $3.9bn for the three months to August. Confidence in the firm evaporated and, in the absence of a US Government bail-out...

It took the FTSE 100 more than 16 months to recover from the Lehman Brothers collapse - it wasn’t until December 2009 that the index returned to levels not seen since the...

Michael Johnson on…“I got the job not because I was a member of the party but because I am somebody who can organise things. It does not mean I vote Conservative”Nest: “I...

The long term savings market has had another period of bad press recently as the fees charged by fund managers have come under intense scrutiny. This once again threatens to topple any...