Xafinity says it is making the move in response to a diminishing role for consultancy services on defined benefit pension schemes.It will develop a proposition to be delivered through IFAs and will...
The report, which surveyed 250 companies, found 49 per cent of employers will be looking for corporate healthcare benefits which provide much more tangible results.Just 10.7 per cent of companies plan to...
The Allianz RCM Global EcoTrends Fund has managed to resist the downward trend in the markets since its launch in February 2008 and has maintained its top position in the IMA Global...
Last month I looked at the opportunities that exist for corporate advisers to develop ongoing relationships with individual scheme members in advance of retirement. This naturally leads onto considering how to achieve...
Syndication mainly works in one of two ways. Schemes can work with multiple providers to agree a structure where the selected benefits are divided between them. This may require lengthy negotiation and...
The commission landscape has changed markedly for corporate advisers in recent months and the impact of both personal accounts and the retail distribution review is only weekly to accelerate the push towards...
Fund managers no longer just care about generating straightforward equity returns and beating benchmarks - today it is all about adding so-called value.Alternative assets and hedge funds fit the bill, as do...
There's nothing like being optimistic! 63 per cent of delegate's at Corporate Adviser's first Group Risk Adviser Forum (GRAF) held this July expected an increase in business as a result of the...
Few products can boast the sort of growth dental plans have seen over the last couple of years. Figures from Laing & Buisson show there was a 30 per cent rise in...
As the bear market tightens its grip and high net worth clients start seeking safe havens for their money, Traded Endowment Policies (Teps) are being promoted as an attractive option. Yet even...
