Pensions

NEARLY 9 out of 10 employers see a pension as an effective recruitment and retention tool, but only 7 per cent have carried out a formal assessment to confirm this, according to...

HSBC Global Asset Management will launch a UCITS III European absolute return fund seeking opportunities across developed Europe,implemented primarily through equities and equity swaps.The investment vehicle, which offers daily liquidity, will target...

Over two-thirds of IFAs, 67 per cent, believe they should be primarily responsible for the selection of a default fund for their clients’ pensionschemes, according to Aegon’s latest IFA Insights survey. That...

Hands up all those who think the Government can save £0.55bn in sickness absence costs?If you put your hand up please put it down again as it is a physical impossibility, and...

Howarth: IFAs’ vital role in debate THE SOCIETY of Pensions Consultants is launching a membership campaign aimed at boosting the numbers of corporate IFAs in the organisation.The SPC says the recruitment drive...

WESTFIELD Health is adding cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to its Foresight Healthcare Plan as a part of a range of improvements to the product.Westfield’s Foresight Plan now offers an absence and risk...

THE 2010 Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) exhibition and conference will be themed ’Working Together for a Healthier Britain’ and aims to attract both AMII members and nonmember IFAs and brokers.The...

Aegon Asset Management is offering ’Foundation’ investors in its Global Opportunities Fund a discount on its annual management charge for two years. The incentive, which reduces the annual management charge to 0.3...

The Department for Work and Pensions has moved the debate on charges into new territory with the unveiling of its charging structure for Nest.At a stroke the Nest pricing model has unraveled...

THE ANSWERS:James Lloyd, senior research fellow, Social Market FoundationNO. Some have argued that British workers would be more inclined to save into a pension if they knew that such savings could be...