Pensions

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched a probe into whether trustees of small and micro schemes are paying enough attention to the costs and charges paid by members. TPR has launched the...

Broadstone Group has bought Manchester-based actuarial firm Mitchell Consulting and independent trustee firm 2020 Trustees for an undisclosed fee. The deals mean the acquisitive employee benefits and pensions consultancy now has 170...

Employers should be allowed to pay employees less than the minimum wage to allow them to be included within salary sacrifice arrangements, say Royal London policy director Steve Webb. Webb and Southampton-based...

Two out of five advisers fear their business could lose out to robo-advice propositions and three-quarters think regulation designed to control digital advice will impact them, new research shows. But advisers increasingly...

Bupa has hired former Denplan managing director Steve Gates to spearhead the development of its dental and cash plan businesses in the UK. Gates has been given the newly created role of...

The scale of the challenge facing the group risk sector’s efforts to grow into new markets has been highlighted by research showing just 9 per cent of employees say they would value...

Increasing numbers of employers face a terminal illness tax lottery because of HMRC rules that levy tax on life cover where employees are struck by conditions that give them 12 months to...

The anticipated increase in the Bank of England base rate tomorrow has highlighted concerns over lifestyle funds, which by an average of 8.66 per cent since August 2016 as a result of...

Stuart Hyland is joining Aon Hewitt’s talent, rewards and performance team as a partner, leaving is role as director in people advisory services at EY. At EY Hyland had been responsible for...

Some master trusts are taking too much risk in the run-up to retirement while others are being too cautious in the growth phase, leading to potentially poorer outcomes, a Hymans Robertson report...