Responding to the OFT’s report into workplace pensions, Capita Employee Benefits director of business operations Jonathan Phillips says smaller corporate IFAs could go to the wall just when they would otherwise be...
The OFT has also raised concerns over active member discounts, high charges in small trust-based schemes and legacy contract-based schemes. Concerns about trustee capability in smaller trust-based schemes have also been flagged....
The studies on the power and performance of investment consultants by Professor Tim Jenkinson, Dr Howard Jones and Dr Jose Martinez of Saїd Business School focus on investment consultants in the US....
In May the government announced the results of its review of consultancy charges and its intention to act to crack down on inappropriate charges. The government says it will now also consult...
Speaking at the Corporate Adviser Group Risk Forum The Future of Workplace Protection held on Wednesday September 11th, Donkin argued that group risk professionals should raise issues such as the negative effects on...
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The Pensions Regulator’s first compliance notice, issued to an un-named employer who has failed to meet its auto-enrolment obligations, as confirmed by Corporate Adviser last month, marked a minor new milestone in...
The majority of retirees for whom an annuity is the best option should be entitled to expect that the system will be designed to give them a decent shot at getting the...
The UK business environment today is unrecognisable compared with 30 years ago, but recent research by Cass Business School, supported by Unum, has shown that the employee benefits landscape has not kept...
With the difficult economic conditions refusing to budge more and more employers are looking to tighten their belts and considering ways to reduce costs. Unfortunately, private healthcare is a benefit that is...
