Most intermediaries in the corporate pensions space have an interest, if not a desire, to see Personal Accounts go the way of other controversial Government-sponsored administration and technology outsourcing operations, most notably...
Many commentators have described the Personal Accounts agenda as the biggest single threat to private sector group pensions ever which means the pressure on the industry to get its own house in...
Just like London's flagship Olympic stadium, Personal Accounts are meant to be ready for business by 2012, but the jury is out on which is most likely to be late or over-budget.The...
Between 1993 and 2005 the percentage of adult men in England classed as obese rose from 13.2 per cent to 23.1 per cent, while among adult women the percentage grew from 16.4...
"It's lucrative business but it can be overlooked by some corporate intermediaries," admits Stuart Scullion, sales and marketing director at healthcare specialists The Private Health Partnership. "We proactively follow up every employee...
The UK Reit market was ushered in when the UK property market was still riding high. It arrived to much fanfare, with Reits billed as a tax efficient and liquid way for...
While intermediaries operating through the workplace may think this review has nothing to do with them, the FSA has made clear that commission issues in the group market will come under just...
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....
