Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management have reached agreement on an all-share merger with Aberdeen shareholders owning 33.3 per cent of the new entity and Standard shareholders holding 67.7 per cent. The...
Former Conduent HR Services head of DC Sue Pemberton has joined Premier to take the role of head of employer services, overseeing the consultancy's growing DC proposition. Pemberton joins Premier after three...
A massive 98 per cent of advisers believe that SSASs should not be banned, as proposed by The Pensions Regulator, but subject to tighter controls instead, according to a poll carried out...
‘Good returns’ are considered the top attribute of DC pensions while charges are not front of mind, a survey of 15,000 members has found. The survey, conducted for independence governance committees (IGCs)...
Transfers into Nest will be remain subject to a 0.3 per cent charge and the provider will be blocked from competing in the decumulation space, it has been confirmed. Nest retains the...
Click here to see the Book of the Night from the Corporate Adviser Awards 2017. Capita Employee Benefits walked away with the title Corporate Adviser Firm of the Year 2017 and also...
At-retirement growth rate projections used by insurers and Sipp providers vary widely, with some projecting 5 per cent returns on cash and others using 9 per cent projections for overseas equities, a...
Almost half of FTSE 100 companies enrol more staff into DC pensions than they are legally required to, with 46 per cent going beyond auto-enrolment rules, while more than nine out of...
Aon Hewitt, Mercer and Willis Towers Watson have submitted a joint response to the FCA’s Asset Management Market Study Interim Report, proposing a number of measures to improve competition and transparency in...
The DB Green Paper proposal to allow stressed schemes to reduce or suspend inflation increases could cut transfer values by up to 36 per cent, Xafinity has warned. The consultancy says a...
