Pensions

The Answers -Andy Tully, pensions technical director at MGM AdvantageIt is harsh to single out corporate advisers for not doing a better job. But for a whole lot of schemes, it is...

With this year’s crucial Budget just weeks away, speculation over the future of tax relief on pensions is building.Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, reiterated his party’s desire to severely curtail...

This year’s Budget looks to be as significant as the last. With the UK still struggling to get momentum behind its nascent recovery, further tightening of the tax noose is expected and...

More than two in five employers, 41 per cent of those questioned in the research, claimed to be looking to increase the value of their benefits package during 2012. Grid says if...

The guidance, which forms part of the regulator’s suite of educational materials for all UK employers, has been updated to reflect changes brought about by the Pensions Act 2011 and recent regulations...

Friends Life received the highest ratings for overall quality from 18 corporate benefit consultants interviewed by Greenwich Associates, followed by BlackRock and Zurich Corporate Savings. The research identified a trend towards consultancies...

Keeping interest rates at 0.5 per cent again this month, the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee voted to increase the programme of asset purchases by a further £50bn, taking the total to £325bn.The...

Thomsons Online Benefits chief executive Michael Whitfield also walked away with the gong for Best Use of Technology by a Corporate Adviser at the event at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.Jelf Employee Benefits...

It has emerged that while it has figures for the proportion of people switching provider at annuity purchase, this includes those switching under blanket deals between holding pension provider that do not...

The research shows 20 per cent of advisers expect half of all employees to opt out, with half of those polled believing those under age 35 will be most likely to do...