THE £50,000-a-year cap on pension contributions, frozen until 2015, is a more punitive attack on pensions than former Labour chancellor Gordon Brown’s infamous raid on defined benefit schemes, says Chris Noon, partner...
WORKLOAD pressure on GPs is making them ignore key health issues, according to research by Aviva.The provider’s latest Health of the Workplace study shows nine out of 10 GPs would like to...
Friends Provident Corporate Benefits is appointing Colin Williams as distribution and marketing director, Paul Bucksey as head of new business development and Russell Welsh as head of workplace development.The provider says these...
Pensions minister Steve Webb and The Pensions Regulator have launched a combined attack on providers for using jargon and legalese to put members of workplace schemes off shopping around for the best...
Nest has placed adverts inviting tenders for investment management services for five different funds in the Official Journal of the European Union.The five mandates are for pooled passive funds across global equity,...
Matthews: “Report makes fantastic progress” The government may not have enough time to resolve the regulatory imbalance between trust and contract-based pensions in time for auto-enrolment, warns IFS economist and review chief...
The investment governance principles put forward by The Pensions Regulator’s Investment Governance Group (IGG) will only improve defined contribution schemes if they are applied widely, experts have warned.Last month the IGG published...
A single pensions market across Europe would benefit savers, provided it is designed in a way that does not damage existing pension provision says the Investment Management Association.The IMA believes a cross-border...
A staggering 4.5m over 50s expect to work an average of six years beyond their state retirement age, according to an indepth report into the over-50s.The Working Late Index, published by LV=,...
Consensus is very thin on the ground in the field of UK pensions, but when it comes to the European Union’s solvency consultation, this country is certainly presenting a united home front....
