Low earners should be entitled to continue receiving auto-enrolment employer pension contributions even if they cancel their own contributions due to hardship, says Scottish Widows. The call comes as the provider has...
Automatic enrolment has been a huge success, but it’s placed the trustees of defined contribution, occupational pension schemes (DC OPS) under significant pressure. If we just look at the numbers; the trustees...
Scam victims have lost an average of £50,000 each, more than double last year's figure, as the toll of recorded pension scams hits £2m in the first five months of the year,...
Switching asset gathering at pension and wealth firms for the UK’s biggest group income protection provider is a big change for Unum’s new CEO Mark Till. So what is his mission and what...
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In an increasingly complex financial world, employers and their staff often have a range of needs, not all of which can always be met by a single adviser or product provider. CLICK FOR...
SPONSORED CONTENT We’re all aware by now of the huge pressure put on workers since the UK was first plunged into lockdown in March last year, from a combination of job insecurity,...
SPONSORED CONTENT What effect will Covid-19 have on the employee benefits market? Covid-19 has had a huge impact on all aspects of corporate life, from where and when people work, to the...
Punter Southall Aspire has brought Mercer's Josh Gordon to take over the role of principal in its Poole office. Gordon, a chartered financial planner, has spent over seven years advising private clients at...
The British pensions industry is gifted in making things more complicated than they need to be. But at its most simple there are two parts: the building up bit, and the spending...
