Pensions

Spending a couple of days with senior figures from 40 of the country’s top intermediaries has reinforced in my mind the diverse nature of the businesses that fill the corporate advice space....

The Sipp option, that can include protected rights, will give members access to a broad range of stocks, shares and collective investments through execution - only stock-broking, fund supermarket and discretionary fund...

The company says the deal sees its gross premium income exceed the 500m mark and keeps it on course to achieve its aim of controlling 1bn of gross written premium by 2010....

The Evolution EAP has been designed to directly link service outcomes with the overall efficiency and value for money of the EAP service.Employee Advisory Resource says it has developed the product in...

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...