In 2009 national average earnings increases stood ad 2.5 per cent, exceeding the 1 per cent increase in FTSE 100 executives and the 0 per cent increase for those in FTSE 250...
Nest, which stands for National Employment Savings Trust, will replace the current ‘personal accounts scheme’ label, and will launch in low volumes in 2011.Pada says the new brand has been tested with...
Following the MBO from Gissings in October 2007, Enrich remained under a non-compete agreement not to enter the pensions market for a period of two years. The firm says the new pensions...
Ramamurthy’s new role at Towers Watson is identical to the one he held at Watson Wyatt.The new managing consultant for Towers Watson in the UK is Simon Gilliat, formerly head of Watson...
Now in its fourth year, the Corporate Adviser Ultimate Default Fund competition has tracked the investment strategies that have attracted intermediaries.We may not like the name ‘default’, but these funds are not...
DEBI O’DONOVANThe use of enhanced transfer values to reduce defined benefit pensions risk is causing a stir in adviser, employer and trustee circles.For some time ETVs have been viewed with scepticism, with...
Having survived 2008 and 2009, we should be able to look at the challenges that the new year will bring with a battlehardened determination.The calendar has never seemed busier. A general election...
THE DEPARTMENT for Work and Pensions says fear of breaching European legislation and the risk of creating unfairness between generations has led it to discontinue its DC risk-sharing consultation.The Department accepted that...
Steve Herbert, head of benefits strategy, OrigenYES. Whilst the whole concept of corporate wraps is a good one, and nhas appeal to both employees and employers, I am concerned that ou industry...
Take-up of group Sipps has almost doubled in the last two years according to figures from Defaqto. In 2009 group Sipps made up 23 per cent of group pension recommendations amongst a...
