Pensions

Every so often fund management companies come up with a new wheeze - some simply fade away, while others stand the test of time.Around four years ago, some people in the fund...

Administration expenses are the major cost for group risk products in international flex schemes, but a new wave of techno-friendly insurers, particularly those from the Continent, should result in these being dramatically...

Commodities became a hot investment area in the post-dot.com boom thanks to rising demand from emerging markets - spearheaded by the seemingly insatiable China. Anticipated supply shortages caused by a previous lack...

In today’s tough economic climate, employees are coming under increasing pressure. Employers must take steps to manage stress in the workplace to safeguard their employees and their businesses.“Companies are putting employees under...

If an investment banker offered to sell you a package of mortgages, you’d probably run a mile. But if he promised to magic away one of your biggest pension scheme risks, longevity,...

With just weeks until the FSA reports back on responses to the retail distribution review consultation, the watchdog came under fire for its controversial plans to outlaw commission in the corporate market.During...

Initially touted by the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA) as both easy to communicate and administer, target date funds have been labelled more complex than some of their more traditional lifestyling counterparts.Jim...

The regulator has written to the ABI telling it attempts to ‘subvert’ the RDR by moving to trust-based arrangements will attract intense attention.But the ability to refund employee contributions and retain those...

The insurer says it wants to win genuine new business by making it simple for wealth managers to introduce group risk to medium-sized businesses owned or managed by clients they currently give...