As auto-enrolment progresses through the ranks of small businesses, a secondary market is already establishing itself among the early stagers and even some more recent ones.Corporate advice firm Johnson Fleming took the...
The bodies argue bringing together the NAPF’s ability to influence and engage with Government and regulators and the PMI’s qualifications network would create a more substantial organisation. The organisations will now enter...
He predicted the at-retirement post-April 2014 would be chaotic and could bring negative press to the financial services sector. He said: “Let’s hope it doesn’t look too much of a shambles. There’s...
People must be told what’s right for them when it comes to at-retirement products rather than have the industry pass the buck for responsibility on to them, Hymans Robertson partner Douglas Anderson told delegates...
TPAS staff deal with the remainder of the calls by explaining the difference between execution only and self serving, helping them use online retirement tools, providing information and mediation. The reason...
Aviva managing director workplace pensions Brian Gabriel, speaking in a panel debate at the CA Summit, dismissed CDC as “with-profits on speed,” saying its lack of transparency and pooling structure means it...
Speaking at the CA Summit today, he said new regulations within the DC code due next year would put increased pressure on such structures, as boards of trustees will have to have...
Speaking at the CA Summit today, Strauss said we are seeing a “coming together of independent and corporate advice in the workplace,” as the corporate adviser role shifts from taking place at the...
There are sound fiscal reasons why the government should back a policy of nudging employers to do more to protect their staff from long-term absence. Less paid out in state benefits, a...
For years pension scheme members in the UK have shown low levels of interest in responsible investment issues, when compared with other countries around the world. But for Catherine Howarth, chief executive...
