Pensions

The concept of an employee share plan is actually a very simple one. Give your staff the chance to own a slice of the company they work for, and they will work...

David Taylor, director of Morgans Corporate Benefits, collected the award from Michael Portillo, broadcaster and former Conservative minister, at a ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane.Alexander Forbes Financial...

The not-for-profit membership organisation for employee share ownership says employees will lose out because the current CGT regime sees basic rate taxpayers who have held shares in their employer for at least...

The rules for occupational schemes allow trustees to refund member contributions if they are a member of the scheme for three months or less. Standard says the employer also gets a refund...

The Pensions Regulator life expectancy assumptions could add £50bn to UK plc's pensions deficit say KPMG, which argues most companies have already taken big steps towards strengthening their occupational schemes.Last month the...

The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, sees Invesco's full service DC pension business with total assets of around £470 million move to Threadneedle.Threadneedle launched its DC product in 2001. The...

The warning comes following reports that pension scheme trustees are being contacted with information that the UK's pension rules can be breached and tax avoided if they transfer their scheme to Ireland....

The survey revealed that despite 43 per cent of employers stating that they provide workplace pension education, 75 per cent of employees claim never to have received any. Reflecting pensions' role in...

The guidance provides support to employers who offer a contract-based defined contribution (DC) pension scheme by identifying ways in which they might choose to be involved in the governance of the scheme...

The UK is, if anything, likely to experience lower medical cost inflation than many other countries. Insurance companies in Asia and Africa are expecting double-digit increases in employer medical costs in 2008,...