Delegates at the Corporate Adviser DC Summit in Hampshire last month were treated to a musical treat courtesy of Dick Strattan (pictured), head of employee benefits at Mercer. Accomplished pianist Strattan led...
There were 2 million fewer people accruing benefits in non-government DB schemes last year than in 2000, according to the Occupational Pension Schemes Survey 2008, just published by the ONS.Membership of defined...
Aegon is launching a new governed range for its corporate pensions offering, built around 46 best of breed funds selected and monitored by Mercer and OBSR.The move is designed to relieve trustees...
Axa corporate benefits managing director Paul McMahon has unveiled the leadership team he has put in place to take the business forward.McMahon, who was formerly managing director of Axa Distribution Services, took...
Towergate Financial, the financial advisory business of Towergate Group, today is launching an employee benefits and private client arm called Towergate Financial London.Managing director David Taylor joins from Morgans Group where he...
The Government says advising employees to opt out of auto-enrolment will be permitted after 2012, but concedes the rules on inducements remain unclear.Advisers attending the Corporate Adviser DC Summit quizzed David Haigh,...
New taxes on high earners will force decision makers away from workplace pensions, according to three-quarters of delegates at the Corporate Adviser DC Summit.A poll taken at the event found 74 per...
Employee benefits consultants have vowed to fight attempts by insurers to bypass the advisory market in the corporate pensions sector, threatening to fight fire with fire.Dick Strattan, head of employee benefits at...
The CBI is calling on the Government to keep employer duties for those wanting to opt out of personal accounts as light as possible or face mass levelling down.Speaking at the Corporate...
Debi O’DonovanLast month the government launched its consultation into how the current default retirement age (DRA) is working. I for one would like to see the back of it as fast as...
