The Investment Association (IA) is appointing former AIFA director general Chris Cummings as chief executive, filling the vacancy created following the controversial departure of Daniel Godfrey last October. Cummings joins the UK...
Pensions guidance in the workplace SimplyBiz, the adviser services group, has is launching a workplace academy designed to support advisers moving into or already active within the corporate advice market. The Workplace...
Woodford Investment Management has announced that it will absorb research costs within the annual management charge of its £8.4bn Equity Income fund and will provide a monthly disclosure of transactional costs. The...
By Rob Burnett, head of European Equities at Neptune The ECB delivered a strong package in its latest policy announcement that managed to find the right balance between supporting the economy and...
By George Boyd-Bowman, Manager of the Neptune Global Income Fund Recent research has indicated that global dividend growth will slump by as much as 50 per cent in 2016. As collapsing commodities...
Steve Webb, our Director of Policy and External Communications, considers the new Lifetime Isa When the Green Paper on ‘Strengthening the Incentive to Save’ was published last summer, we thought the 2016...
Pension specialist Fiona Tait takes a look at the Financial Advice Market Review and assesses the three areas where it suggests improvements can be made With significant budget changes ruled out (for...
With 1.8 million employers set to establish a benefits offering in the next two years, relationships are key for building new group risk business, finds Edmund Tirbutt Now that pension auto-enrolment has...
Forget big talk about a pension dashboard – it’s simply not going to happen any time soon, says Teresa Hunter The thing I object to most about the concept of a pensions...
Both dental insurance and dental cash plans put a smile on employees’ faces but in which situations does each product work best? Sam Barrett investigates The high claims frequency and health benefits...
