The provider says it will remove consultancy charges on its Retirement Solutions-branded schemes and reprice them within the charge cap. These changes will be implemented on 1 April 2015 or the employer’s...
Aimed at DB schemes with pensioner liabilities in excess of £50m, the longevity hedge forms part of the new Mercer SmartDB bespoke de-risking and fiduciary management services offering. Mercer says the complexity...
The Treasury is currently consulting on introducing massive changes to the way pensions operate. Yet this consultation is going on behind closed doors, While the Freedom and Choice in Pensions consultation asks...
By Mark Martin, manager of the Neptune UK Mid Cap Fund, and Scott MacLennan, manager of the Neptune UK Opportunities Fund H1 2014• Equity markets continued to show strength: despite a strong...
Launched next week, Unum’s ‘Your Blueprint to a Caring Company’ solution is a manual designed to enable intermediaries and HR professionals to make the case at board level for a renewed focus...
The FCA says it has identified widespread failings in the use of dealing commissions, worth around £3bn a year, to fund research costs. In a review published today it said just two...
The service gives access to specialised advice and vocational support for members diagnosed with a critical illness. Members are offered a phone consultation with a CISS support adviser who is a registered...
The service, called Healthsmart, integrates occupational health, absence management and employee benefits, using defined referral triggers and pro-active processes to manage both short and long-term absence. Healthsmart gives employees access to support...
Assuming employment rates by age remain the same, this would imply a fall of 45,000 (-2 per cent) in total employment compared with a 1.7 million (+6 per cent) rise across the...
The report says many consumers still see the Maxwell scandal as the most enduring image of the pensions industry, creating a consensus that pensions are insecure and open to corruption and mismanagement....
