Pensions

PTL also announced this week it would be offering a year’s free membership to new clients in the PTL GLMT.Richard Butcher, managing director at PTL commented, “Since 2010 we have also been...

The provider says it has confirmed regulatory approval of the payments, which are not seen as commission by the FSA and are therefore permitted by the FSA. It adds that members are...

Michael Whitfield, CEO at Thomsons says the cash injection will fund expansion of the firm’s UK and overseas operations, allowing it to continue to deliver pension consultancy services to firms facing their...

The research found 27 per cent of employers had seen absence rates go up or age-related health conditions such as diabetes and arthritis increase since the DRA was abolished in April 2011.The...

There seems to be a widespread view that good fiduciary oversight of the investment strategy for defined contribution pensions is more difficult in contract-based schemes than in their trust-based counterparts. I beg...

A recent report from market analysts Laing & Buisson appears to suggest that people are starting to question the value of private medical insurance, demand for which has stayed constant for over...

Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is widely recognised as having been one of the most successful venture capitalists of the last quarter-century. When she speaks, Silicon Valley listens intently....

In August 2012, the Interim Report of Carol Sergeant’s review of simple financial products was published, proposing initially an Easy Access Savings Account, 30 day Notice Savings Account and life cover. Further...

Automatic enrolment was the headline pensions story of 2012 and is again set to dominate in 2013. It will have brought an estimated 600,000 more people into pension saving by Christmas 2012....

You could be forgiven for thinking there are no underwriting concerns in connection with pensions auto-enrolment, but drill below the surface and you will see some providers are nervous at the risk...