Pensions

 Daily pricing of investments is not a legal requirement To paraphrase Tony Blair, one of the golden rules of investing is diversify, diversify, diversify. Yet defined contribution (DC) pension schemes are failing...

 Small pots dilemma Pension minister Steve Webb’s decision to favour pot follows member as a solution to the small pots issue has caused big ructions in the UK pensions industry. Some even...

Forget fund values – income is all that matters, and it should and can be delivered through scalable annuitisation and drawdown strategies tailored to the individual’s needs, without the necessity of delivering...

The regulator has also issued 38 warning letters to employers for minor breaches of the regulations, a Corporate Adviser Freedom of Information Act enquiry has revealed.A report published in July confirmed that...

Last week I received a most unexpected request. Did I know anyone who might be able to effect an introduction to the new governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney?Following the...

AMII promotes and maintains high standards of professional and ethical conduct amongst members, and aims to increase awareness of the role of specialist medical insurance advisers. Members adhere to a code of ethics...

Much of what has happened in financial services in the past three decades has been the result of the implementation of policies based on economic theories. These have encouraged the belief that...

Frost Consulting principal Neil Scarth told delegates at the event in London that in around $6.6bn of this sum was used to pay for research, half of which went to third party...

The PMI says that industry predictions around DB legacy issues, particularly those involving buy-out, being completed within 25-30 years are wildly over optimistic, with the reality much closer to 50 years. The...

Advisers wanting to access the new service must have suitable middleware, such as a benefits platform, to handle the administration of flex schemes. The middleware must be capable of calculating premiums from...