Pensions

Coats Group is being forced to pay £255m up front onto two of its pension schemes following anti-avoidance action  by the Pensions Regulator (TPR). In 2013 and 2014, TPR issued warning notices...

The shortlists are out - the providers that intermediaries have selected as the best in their sector over the last 12 months. This year's awards carry seven provider award categories - Best...

Mercer is buying Thomsons Online Benefits, the benefits, software and communications business to enable it to offer its Darwin platform proposition to its clients. The acquisition, which is for an undisclosed fee,...

Willis Towers Watson is appointing Mary O'Connor to lead the Client and Business Development function for its Great Britain operations. O'Connor will also have a seat on the Boards of Willis Limited...

Nils Bolmstrand has been named the new Head of Nordea Asset Management, the largest asset manager in the Nordic countries. Bolmstrand currently heads up Nordea Life & Pensions, and has previously held...

The FCA is considering introducing mandatory terms for professional indemnity insurance (PII) as part of a consultation on the future funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). The proposal would see...

BNY Mellon has been appointed to provide fund accounting, transfer agency, custody, and trust and depositary services to the Local Pensions Partnership’s (LPP) £5 billion global equity fund. The fund, the first...

Changes to state benefit rules from April 2017 and 2018 mean group risk cover could be the most important employee benefit companies provide to staff says Canada Life Group Insurance marketing director...

More than 330,000 members of workplace pension schemes are still suffering AMCs in excess of 1 per cent despite the FCA and DWP’s efforts to pressurise providers to reduce their costs following...

By Tracey Dickson, marketing consultant There are almost 7 million carers in the UK – that’s around 10 per cent of the population who provide unpaid care for a disabled, seriously ill or older...