Steve Webb’s pot follows member plan to aggregate small pension pots has received a lukewarm response from the industry, with little consensus across the industry. Aziz said that without engaged consumers, the...
“We think there’s been a bit too much happening, which creates complexity for business. Sometimes it feels that legislation is being rushed and without evidence of the benefits,” Tochtermann said. She said...
The company set up its auto enrolment scheme in April 2013, following the closure of its existing stakeholder scheme. Existing members were given the opportunity to join the auto enrolment scheme in...
This lobbying window exists despite the huge opportunity afforded by auto enrolment and the cultural shift in attitudes which meant that people now want to talk about pensions, he said, responding to...
Advisers and trustees need to be far more demanding of fund managers about the true cost of funds, said Chris Sier of Stonefish Consulting in a well-received speech at the Corporate Adviser...
Warwick Thompson said that EIOPA, the European Institutional and Occupational Pensions Authority, “had not been helpful” by failing to insist that providers disclose total costs and charges, including off-balance sheet costs and soft...
Ask any Finance Director what keeps them up at night and cost volatility is likely to be high on the list. In today’s economic environment controlling costs as much as possible is...
Whoever the speaker and whatever their subject matter, the importance of product innovation proved a recurring theme at last month’s Corporate Adviser Group Risk Forum. In a global view provided courtesy of...
So what’s so wrong with a 1 per cent charge cap? In fact 1 per cent is far too high. So why did watchdogs at the Office of Fair Trading shy away from...
Few risk and health professionals were surprised that Dr. Angela Donkin, senior advisor at the Institute of Health Equity, UCL, used her keynote session Getting the UK Working Again to highlight a...
