John Letizia, Unum Carol Sergeant’s eagerly-awaited simple products review is expected to publish its final report in February, and inevitably the past months have seen intense speculation over the specific findings of...
Teresa Hunter The arrival of the flat state pension was slightly overshadowed by the news that Tesco had been serving up horsemeat in its burgers. The two items headed up news bulletins...
Fraser Smart is a man on a mission to ensure Buck Consultants offers a differentiated proposition to the big EBCs. The marathon runner and racing car fanatic is steering his firm clear...
The body says some of the practices relating to ‘softing’ – where research and corporate access are paid for out of broker commissions, not out of the asset manager’s own profit and...
Grace says the restrictions should stay as long as there is a question mark over consultancy charging, because otherwise most employers will not take advice and will simply default into a Nest...
The annual review of UK DC pensions saw BlackRock, Zurich and Standard Life all join Fidelity as ‘Greenwich Quality Leaders’, which it describes as providers polling considerably higher than their peers. The...
Thomsons Online Benefits chief executive Michael Whitfield receives the award for Corporate Adviser Firm of the Year 2013 from comedian Miles Jupp and Scottish Widows head of intermediary employee benefit relationships Tony...
A report by the Pensions Institute also found trustees of defined benefit pension schemes could secure savings of 10 per cent or more when they de-risk their pensioner sections, thanks to the...
Dunshire, who is a senior partner and fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, replaces Alan Whalley, who retired last summer. She was formerly senior client leader in Mercer’s investments business. Prior to...
What was your first job in financial services? I was a control accountant at Banks Trust in Australia when I came straight out of university. It was good fun because it was...
