Pensions

The UK grew its pension assets by 64 per cent in the decade to December 2013. They now stand at 131 per cent of GDP. Equity allocations by UK pension funds fell...

Critical illness cover may not be the biggest-selling product in the group risk stable but some believe it punches above its weight in terms of reputational damage to the industry. When employees...

And so the pension charge cap farce rolls on. Auto-enrolment workplace pension schemes were widely expected to be capped, possibly at 0.75 per cent a year, but with a broad expectation that...

With their high value and low price appreciated by employer and employee alike, cash plans have become the darlings of the corporate healthcare market. But while they have grown successfully over the...

Just how equipped are corporate advisers for the 2014 auto-enrolment tsunami? On the outside most corporate intermediaries say they are very well positioned and coping with new and existing clients. But this...

The world’s seventh largest benefits consultancy by turnover, Arthur J Gallagher is a relative unknown in this country. Gallagher Employee Benefits chief executive Tim Johnson has been charged with changing that. To...

The IFS’s Green Budget 2014 says charging NI on pension contributions would save the Treasury £10.8 billion a year. The paper says is therefore a powerful case for introducing a cash limit...

Complimenting Aviva’s existing Auto-enrolment Manager for Employees tool, the new Auto-enrolment Planner includes comprehensive planning and communication tools and allows employers to keep track of their staging process and manage tasks during...

Speaking at an event co-hosted with IFA search site Unbiased.co.uk, Nest managing director of customers and propositions John Taylor said the challenge of setting up Nest to accept all comers meant it...

The newly formed Pensions Liberation Industry Group (PLIG), which is being led by Pensions Administration Standards Association chairman Margaret Snowdon OBE, is working on an industry code of practice of due diligence...