Face-to-face advice sessions are by far the most effective channel for financial education, preferred by 62 per cent of employers, while web based services such as webinars and online education/intranet are only...
The number of trust-based schemes has more than halved since 2010, but master trust membership has increased by a factor of 40 in five years, according to the Pensions Regulator's annual DC...
Pension customers will be more likely to be exposed to scams, fraud and poor value products and will pay excess tax because of Government’s changes to the Finance Bill that water down...
Victims of a £13.7m pension cold-calling scam network have spoken out about the impact their losses will have on their lives and their regrets at being lured by promises of cash up...
Small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) are the top target for employee benefit consultant (EBC) growth, with 60 per cent of consultants believing better market penetration in smaller firms is the industry’s...
Following publication of the Government’s response to the consultation process on “Improving lives: The Future or Work, Health and Disability” the initial opinions and reactions seemed to suggest a fundamental difference of...
Punter Southall Aspire is to buy Oxford-based independent financial advisory firm Focus Oxford LLP. The deal, which is expected to be completed by May 2018, will be the first in a series...
Robeco has launched a new authorised contractual scheme (ACS), a UK tax transparent fund designed to host institutional investors engaging in asset pooling. The ACS, which has been seeded by the Environment...
Aon has appointed former Aberdeen Standard investment specialist Mike Smaje as a partner in its global investment practice. Smaje, who will be based in Aon’s Leeds and Manchester offices, has worked for...
The Prime Minister has pledge to stop bosses taking excessive remuneration from companies with at-risk pension schemes by introducing tougher new rules this spring. Writing in The Observer, Theresa May said new...
