International assignments and overseas postings are fast becoming the norm as more and more businesses build their global presence. But, with regulation getting tighter in many countries around the world, it’s becoming...
To say that the Budget changes mark a retirement income revolution with profound implications for workplace pensions is probably something of an understatement. Chancellor Osborne’s pensions revolution is arguably the biggest change...
As we look at the future of employer-led healthcare in the UK and how benefit choices fit into long-term solutions for managing related costs, eye care should be an important part of...
When the government launched stakeholder pensions in 2001, the plan was that they would be a simple, low cost and easy to access pension that every employer had to offer, by law,...
Although not really understood in the UK, personal financial management services like those from On Trees have had a dramatic impact on how consumers take control of their money elsewhere in the...
In March the pensions industry in the UK auto enrolled the 3 millionth new pension scheme member since the first businesses began staging in October 2012. That took 18 months. In the...
The insurer estimates the external accountancy cost of complying with the framework at around £60,000. With internal costs factored in this will push up the cost of complying to over £100,000 it...
TPR and ICAEW launched the voluntary assurance framework for master trusts today. It is designed to enable trustees of master trusts to demonstrate to employers that their scheme is managed to a...
The research, amongst UK SMEs, found 24 per cent of businesses have had an employee or former employee make a claim against their employers’ liability insurance in the last five years. Firms...
ICAEW has published guidance on applying the assurance framework to occupational defined contribution (DC) master trusts. The assurance framework sets out how trustees should report against a series of ‘control objectives’ related...
