Pensions

For followers of this column the problems that the group risk industry currently faces should be familiar. As 2009 - the financial world’s annus horribilus - draws to a close the demands...

Around 15,000 people in the UK face losing at least 20 per cent of their pension benefits if DB scheme trustees do not take control of investment strategy says Hewitt.Hewitt estimates that...

International expatriate insurance specialist William Russell has reported a growth of 647 per cent in year to date UAE sales compared to the same period for 2008, despite the downturn in the...

The projected rise in the UK’s population is likely to lead to substantial tax rises just to sustain current basic pension levels, says Aon Consulting. The ONS estimates that the UK population...

Delegates at the Corporate Adviser DC Summit in Hampshire last month were treated to a musical treat courtesy of Dick Strattan (pictured), head of employee benefits at Mercer. Accomplished pianist Strattan led...

There were 2 million fewer people accruing benefits in non-government DB schemes last year than in 2000, according to the Occupational Pension Schemes Survey 2008, just published by the ONS.Membership of defined...

Aegon is launching a new governed range for its corporate pensions offering, built around 46 best of breed funds selected and monitored by Mercer and OBSR.The move is designed to relieve trustees...

Axa corporate benefits managing director Paul McMahon has unveiled the leadership team he has put in place to take the business forward.McMahon, who was formerly managing director of Axa Distribution Services, took...

Towergate Financial, the financial advisory business of Towergate Group, today is launching an employee benefits and private client arm called Towergate Financial London.Managing director David Taylor joins from Morgans Group where he...

The Government says advising employees to opt out of auto-enrolment will be permitted after 2012, but concedes the rules on inducements remain unclear.Advisers attending the Corporate Adviser DC Summit quizzed David Haigh,...