Pensions

Certification is intended to allow employers with percentage of basic pay pension schemes to certify at the start of each year that they thought that all their employees would have had at...

Group Sipps will be permitted for use as qualifying schemes for automatic enrolment, the DWP has confirmed. But the the group Sipp must have a default fund that "resembles that of a...

All pension schemes that are used to automatically enrol workers must have a default fund by law.The DWP has published guidance that sets out a number of design criteria: The fund must...

A body found in Bude earlier this week was identified as that of Seaton, who went missing on August 24. Seaton, 57, joined the financial services industry in October 1986. He became...

Avis will take the newly created role in November and will report to Ian McMullan, managing director.At Ceridian Avis was responsible for developing the LifeWorks EAP service. He has previously held a...

The combined deficit of FTSE 250 companies’ schemes stood at £12bn on 30 June 2009, £6bn more than a year ago. PCS says companies in the FTSE 250 have reacted to the...

Volatility in global markets in recent times has been attracting day and short term traders into the market like moths to a flame, the experts suggest. But be warned: this is not...

With swine flu still in its early stages, predictions on the number of people who will be affected vary enormously.But while no one yet knows how serious this flu pandemic will be,...

With corporates increasingly looking to maximise their return on investment in all areas of employee benefits, the case for achieving a high degree of integration between group risk and group private medical...

Companies with defined benefit schemes continue to face the squeeze. Pension deficits for FTSE 100 firms have grown to their highest levels and it is little wonder that many companies are desperately...