A million eligible workers will have opted out of auto-enrolment pension schemes by 2019, joining 12 million self-employed and non-eligible workers, according to research from Hargreaves Lansdown. The calculation is based on...
Four ONS questions can form the cornerstone of any employer’s workplace wellbeing assessment, a leading wellbeing expert told a conference this week. Speaking at Bupa’s launch of policy paper The Wellbeing Edit...
Scammers are charging employer £58 a time for fake certificates that suggest they do not have workplace pension duties, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has confirmed. The regulator says it is investigating at...
Restricted advisers are levying initial charges averaging 3.57 per cent, around 20 per cent higher than the 2.81 per cent charged by independent advisers, research from the FCA shows. Publishing its Financial...
The prospect of a pan-European Union pension product has moved a step closer with the publication today of a European Commission proposal for a cross-border product structure. The proposed Pan-European Personal Pension...
A culture of negative judgement around sickness absence risks reducing productivity and increasing time off warns Willis Towers Watson. New research from the consultancy shows 51 per cent of UK workings think...
Auto-enrolment contributions should be increased, the earnings qualification threshold should be lowered and the qualifying earnings should be dropped to reverse stalling pension adequacy amongst Britons says Scottish Widows. The provider’s 13th...
Fund managers will be given a duty to act in the best interests of investors, subjected to new independent governance and required to disclose a single all-in fee to investors, the FCA...
Mercer, Aon and Willis Towers Watson still face a referral to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over conflicts of interest over their investment consultancy services after the FCA rejected their undertakings...
By Ross Jackson, senior protection marketing manager We’re sure you’ll have heard your customers say ‘But insurance companies don’t pay claims’ when giving a reason for not wanting to take out protection....
