Pensions

The onwards march of workplace pensions auto-enrolment is turning the spotlight on the employee benefits market with many employers taking the opportunity to review the benefits they offer staff as they launch...

At last there is almost unanimous recognition from virtually everyone except pensions minister Steve Webb that auto enrolment is anything but easy and that small employers will struggle. In the real world,...

Just eight months from now Stephen Timms could quite conceivably be the new minister for employment. If he and his party are successful in winning the election, reducing the bill for long-term...

Chancellor George Osborne announced the date for the autumn statement during Treasury questions in the House of Commons today. Osborne may use the statement, which comes six months before the general election,...

The research found that only 40 per cent of non-retired women aged 55 and over say they would value expert financial advice when retiring, compared to over 52 per cent of men...

Speaking at the launch of a PPI briefing paper in London this morning, the research body’s director Chris Curry said other policy options for increasing auto-enrolment saving beyond 8 per cent of...

FWS provides occupational health assessment and advice nationally across England and Wales, offering a unique opportunity to adopt a proactive approach to addressing sickness absence and its consequent problems. The plan is...

A recent Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) survey uncovered the fact that women do not understand financial products enough, and perhaps as a result, feel less confident about making financial decisions than men....

In their latest research and analysis report into automatic enrolment, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has given us an insight into how employers are responding to automatic enrolment and how TPR are using...

With the excitement of the World Cup now a distant memory and the new football season well underway, things are getting back to normal. This is also true of our industry as...