1. What explains the recent acceleration in growth? UK banking sector losses were concentrated in non-UK assets. Improving credit provision depended on deleveraging happening overseas, particularly in the eurozone. As external conditions...
AllianceBernstein head of pensions strategies David Hutchins The TDF provider has questioned the view expressed by Scottish Life in Corporate Adviser that the Budget had killed off the single default fund. The...
Speaking at an event in London last month, Frost Consulting principal Neil Scarth said asset managers have to adopt, or at least move closer to, the processes of the most conservative regulatory...
The topic of collective defined contribution (CDC) pensions, a model widely used by the Dutch, has been much debated in recent months. The Budget announcement makes this is the right time to...
The announcement comes a month after Punter Southall Group announced the merger of its institutional investment adviser and fiduciary manager, P-Solve, with River and Mercantile Asset Management to form what will be...
The provider says it will also contribute a share towards a new private healthcare information network and will invite all insurers and hospital groups to a summit to see how the sector...
Auto enrolment is not a ‘one size fits all’ process - it is going to be essential to understand a client’s specific needs and find the right system for each client. Within...
Multinational corporations (MNCs) have existed since the early 17th century, ever since the British East India Company and Dutch East India Company started trading across Asia. In 1969 the number of MNCs...
In his Budget Statement last year George Osborne committed to “provide the Pensions Regulator with a new objective to support scheme funding arrangements that are compatible with sustainable growth for the sponsoring...
Dubai’s recent announcement that it will be introducing compulsory health insurance in 2014 came as little surprise, especially as it was first proposed more than eight years ago. But, with the country’s...
