Zurich paid out on over 97 percent of its new group income protection claims last year with employees benefitting from annualised payments averaging £37,900. Announcing its GIP claims rates for the first...
A group of industry bodies have come together with the aim of establishing a set of universally recognised Fit and Proper Protocols to be met by professional trustees. The group forms as...
Matthew Taylor, the man appointed to review modern employment practices, has thrown his support behind a proposal that the self-employed should have 4 per cent of their profits automatically diverted into a...
Gina Miller and parts of the press have misinterpreted or misunderstood the FCA’s role in improving charge transparency, a senior figure at the regulator said today. Speaking at a Transparency Task Force...
Concerns over the positioning of best buy funds on platforms, consumers’ understanding of charges and the failure to pass on discounts to customers are the key reasons for the FCA is launching...
Daniel Godfrey, the former Investment Association chief executive and co-founder of The People’s Trust, has questioned the regulator’s decision to drop an all-inclusive charge and to opt for independent board directors rather...
The Government’s lack of a majority means plans for a fundamental reform of pensions tax relief are on hold for the foreseeable future, Work and Pensions Secretary David Gauke MP told an...
The GKN Group Pension Scheme is transferring members’ defined benefit entitlements into cash without them having requesting a transfer. Scheme members with smaller entitlements are being given cash sums for their benefits...
A coalition of 79 institutional investors with over £6 trillion of assets under management is supporting a drive to improve employment practices across global workforces. The group, brought together by pension investment...
Robin Hames has left his role as head of marketing and research at Capita Employee Benefits to join privately-owned wealth manager LGT Vestra. Hames takes the newly created role of institutional director...
