The Transparency Task Force, set up by Andy Agathangelou, intends to focus on a broad spectrum of issues ranging from transaction costs to executive pay. At the organisation’s third meeting yesterday, Agathangelou...
With so much change going on within our industry, it is easy to lose track of the extent of transformation in wider society – and nowhere is that more evident than in...
One of the main contentious issues since the implementation of the pension reforms in April still seems to be that of DB transfers – there has been a lot written by advisers,...
By Mark Martin, Investment Director & Head of UK Equities Register for a live update on 9 July at 14.30 with Mark Martin, who will be discussing Chancellor George Osborne’s ‘emergency’ summer...
Birthstar, a research and advisory firm for asset managers and intermediaries, has launched a CPD research series on rethinking retirement. The research is designed to help advisers navigate the new pension freedoms...
The merger will create an integrated global advisory, broking, and solutions provider with approximately 39,000 employees in over 120 countries, and pro forma revenue of around £5.2bn. A statement from Willis says...
Developed following a consultation with stakeholders, the blueprint identifies three key building blocks - an income drawdown fund a cash lump sum fund and a later-life protected income fund – for three...
Ginnelly joined PCG as head of healthcare in 2013 having been head of distribution at Simplyhealth following the acquisition of Groupama Healthcare, where she had the same role. Prior to that, she...
Aviva, Scottish Widows and Royal London are all basing the decision whether to require advice on safeguarded benefits on whether the pot itself exceeds £30,000, even though pots as low as £15,000...
The proposition, which is due to launch by the end of the year, will be targeted at employees and orphan customers who cannot afford or do not want to pay for full...
