Pensions

Combined, they mean that the countdown to 2012 will be a time of intense self-analysis for providers and advisers alike.The FSA has brought workplace pensions within the scope of the RDR more...

Duncan Howorth, managing director of JLT Benefit Solutions, said it is arguable a well-structured and sophisticated personal accounts default may be all many pension savers need once contribution limits are lifted years...

The index is a new quarterly initiative tracking the income paid on standard and enhanced annuities. If shows that a man retiring at 65 with a pension pot of £50,000 would receive...

He currently holds non-executive director positions with Renaissance Capital, Barbon Insurance Group and Kent Reliance Building Society. He is also on the Board of Crest Nicholson, as well as being an external...

Chrystal joins head of employee benefits Billy Johnson and Chris Large in focusing on building on Oval's existing presence in this sector, with particular attention to smaller schemes. Johnson says: "Although Simon...

But despite this overall trend, there are still alarming areas within the UK where there are significantly higher rates of sickness absence, costing businesses thousands, says the firm.Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland...

These covered those with younger membership profiles and those with assets just above the PPF threshold. Barnett Waddingham estimates that, if these changes had been applied in time for this year’s levy,...

Best Doctors says it provides members with access to a definitive second opinion based on the most up-to-date medical knowledge available. Employees can also elect to include partners, children, parents and siblings.The...

The maximum income benefit limit has been increased from £300,000 to £350,000 and mmployer PFCs, which are available in addition to the £350,000 income benefit limit, have increased from £50,000, to £75,000...

The trend means than one million employees currently saving for their retirement through defined benefit pensions may have to rely instead on defined contribution schemes, where retirement incomes are less predictable because...