Pensions

Just when confidence in financial services was looking like it had turned a corner, along came the run on Northern Rock. No-one knows how long the ramifications of the first run on...

The Employee Support Scheme service, which is arranged with PHP's recently acquired subsidiary Red Arc Assured, can be used alongside group medical insurance or as a standalone service. It makes Red Arc's...

The study found that 82 per cent of pension trustees in the UK are men and 60 per cent are over the age of 50. Just 12 per cent of pension fund...

The provider says the move, which remains subject to regulatory clearance, is designed to allow Axa PPP healthcare to strengthen its presence in the growing market for employee support and well-being services.ICAS...

The event, which is being presented in association with Scottish Life, will be hosted by comedian Marcus Brigstocke.A panel of industry experts will judge a wide range of categories acknowledging excellence in...

Pensions campaigner and consultant Dr Ros Altmann says agreeing to pay Northern Rock savers, regardless of their financial situation, when it has yet to make any payments into the Financial Assistance Scheme,...

The research, which covers 106 DC schemes totalling more than 1.1 million members, shows that many DC schemes are not as efficiently run as they could be, with many failing to introduce...

The survey findings coincide with the latest figures from the bank's Small Business Confidence Index, which reveals that confidence amongst entrepreneurs has slipped by two points during the third quarter of 2007.Nearly...

Aifa is raising the issue of the potential for advisory paralysis because of the risk of retrospective action in the run-up to the introduction of personal accounts.The adviser body is speaking to...

Funds investing in continental Europe are predicted to give better returns than any other geographical sector, according to the results from the Financial Express Adviser Fund Index (AFI) mid-season survey. Conversely, advisers...