Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced he will reduce the dividend allowance from £5,000 to £2,000. In his Budget speech today Hammond said the dividend allowance, introduced by his predecessor George Osborne, represented...
Self-employed workers will face increases in their National Insurance (NI) contributions to reflect the increased state entitlements received by self-employed workers, Chancellor Phillip Hammond has confirmed in today’s Budget. Class 4 National...
The Government should legislate to create new DB supertrusts that can offer employers the chance to buy out their liabilities at rates lower than those offered by insurers, the DB Taskforce proposes....
This year's flagship US adviser tech conference showed how digital financial advice can beat humans F&TRC director Ian McKenna News from HM Treasury that the £1,500 retirement advice allowance can be applied...
WPA is launching a new data analytics service for employee benefits consultants and employers to be able to model future cost projections for different benefit structures. Called Precision Analytics, the service delivers...
A majority of UK workers think their financial health is as important as their physical health, with 58 per cent thinking financial and physical health are equally important, new research has found....
Protection and pensions IFA Roy McLoughlin is joining Cavendish Ware Wealth Management after 19 years with Master Adviser. McLoughlin joins City of London based Cavendish Ware Wealth Management as an adviser with...
New tax and National Insurance charges will be levied on group income protection (GIP) and excepted group life insurance (EGLP) offered through flexible benefit arrangements run through salary sacrifice, the Government has...
Is a secondary market in auto-enrolment schemes developing? Scottish Widows corporate pensions relationship specialist Robert Cochran believes so, and it is gaining serious momentum. So what is fuelling this increasing market activity?...
International medical insurer à la Carte Healthcare (ALC Health) has been bought by global benefits and assistance services provider International Medical Group (IMG) for an undisclosed fee. ALC Health, which has clients...
