There is a wide split in the anticipated effect on pension business from Personal Accounts and auto-enrolment, according to research carried out at the Corporate Adviser Summit last month.When asked what effect...
Alexander said concerns about incentives to save caused by means-testing needed to be addressed if the Government wants to keep all parties on board. He said that unlike Conservative pensions spokesman Chris...
The regulator has been monitoring data from advisers and providers active in the pensions transfer sector and will be initiating a major review in the first quarter of 2008, said Simon Collins,...
Ellison told Corporate Adviser Summit delegates that the current benign market for IFAs and insurance companies will not last when people come to realise the benefits of trust-based schemes.He accepted that contract-based...
Exactly half of delegates at the Corporate Adviser Summit said they expect to adopt this business model in the future, given their current understanding of what the RDR will bring. Only 12...
The deal that will split Gissings in two is yet another indicator of the appetite amongst investors for corporate intermediaries. What it means for Gissings clients in the long term remains to...
Results show the 45 year old from Canterbury, Kent to be a methodical, organised manager, with an attention to detail. The words most used in his peers' assessments of him include 'loyal'...
Default funds have come in for a barrage of criticism for being laggards, but now those that offer the perceived safety of lifestyling are getting it in the neck too, for protecting...
Once an individual has been signed up to a group personal pension, in the vast majority of cases the only ongoing contact between them and the pension provider is through their annual...
Few group income protection and critical illness cover schemes now fail to boast their own "added-value features", which are included either automatically or for a small additional charge, although taxation considerations mean...
