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...
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...
