Despite the continuing economic difficulties, the Friendly Society has reportedly maintained momentum — as part of an ambitious growth strategy to provide ‘affordable healthcare support to the widest possible community’ — recruiting...
Phil True, Aon Hewitt True was previously head of UK institutional equities at Credit Suisse Asset Management where he managed £2bn of UK equities for institutional clients. He joined Credit Suisse from...
Do decisions made by master trust boards hold sway? Thanks to auto-enrolment, master trusts are making a comeback. Promising low costs delivered through economies of scale and majoring on independent governance, master...
Steve Webb, pensions minister The simplification of the state pension system and reduction in means-testing is something that pension professionals see as a hugely worthwhile goal. While it looks as though there...
Fiona Dunsire, CEO, Mercer Adapting the business to a changing market is the top priority for Mercer’s new UK chief executive and market leader Fiona Dunsire. Succeeding outgoing CEO Alan Whalley in...
Jon Dixon, corporate advice manager, AWD Chase de Vere, says rather than put the cost burden of implementation on employees, pensions advisers should come up with more cost-effective solutions to enable...
The funds are offered through the provider’s Aegon Retirement Choices (ARC) platform.The ARC default fund is a risk targeted diversified fund run by BlackRock that has active risk management built in.Aegon says...
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The Investment Management Association’s proposal for a new system to highlight the impact of costs on the performance of an investment fund has been broadly welcomed, although some advisers are sceptical about...
A Government campaign promising millions of workers a pension of their own for the first time should be reported for investigation to the Advertising Standards Authority.Employees already get an attractive pension on...
