Pensions

Stress at work is on the rise The treatment of workplace stress and mental health issues will undergo significant change during the next five years. But this is likely to be due...

We think flexible target date funds (TDFs) meet the standards by which “best” should be judged. When measured against the current “default default” offering – lifestyle – we believe they offer more...

Funds on target Since the launch of auto-enrolment, the governance of DC pension schemes has become an increasingly prominent issue, with the Pensions Regulator, the FCA (formerly the FSA) and the Office...

Rehabilitation was given a significant endorsement in this year’s Budget, with the chancellor announcing a targeted tax relief on health initiatives that help employees return to work. The relief, which will apply...

Called Independent Governance Oversight (IGO), the new service is designed to operate both with schemes’ existing governance committees, or where there are none, to take sole responsibility. L&G says it is making...

  In a paper for the Fabian Society, Labour pensions shadow Gregg McClymont MP and his senior parliamentary assistant Andy Tarrant argue contract-based pension schemes contain an inherent conflict of interest between...

Whitfield says consultancy charging could still be possible where the employer offers a scheme with contributions above the auto-enrolment level that employees are invited to switch to after they have been automatically...

Across the divide The 1 January 2013 RDR start date arguably represented less of a cliff edge for workplace pensions than it did for the retail pensions and investments market. Commission was...

Toby Strauss is clearly finding fulfilment at the helm of one of the nation’s most established pension companies at a time when we are grappling with a historic transition to a more...

 John Dean, director, Punter Southall Health & Protection Consulting ‘The only constant is change’. It’s a hackneyed phrase, but one that supposedly sums up the world we live in today. And yet,...