Grace says the restrictions should stay as long as there is a question mark over consultancy charging, because otherwise most employers will not take advice and will simply default into a Nest...
The annual review of UK DC pensions saw BlackRock, Zurich and Standard Life all join Fidelity as ‘Greenwich Quality Leaders’, which it describes as providers polling considerably higher than their peers. The...
Thomsons Online Benefits chief executive Michael Whitfield receives the award for Corporate Adviser Firm of the Year 2013 from comedian Miles Jupp and Scottish Widows head of intermediary employee benefit relationships Tony...
A report by the Pensions Institute also found trustees of defined benefit pension schemes could secure savings of 10 per cent or more when they de-risk their pensioner sections, thanks to the...
Dunshire, who is a senior partner and fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, replaces Alan Whalley, who retired last summer. She was formerly senior client leader in Mercer’s investments business. Prior to...
What was your first job in financial services? I was a control accountant at Banks Trust in Australia when I came straight out of university. It was good fun because it was...
PTL also announced this week it would be offering a year’s free membership to new clients in the PTL GLMT.Richard Butcher, managing director at PTL commented, “Since 2010 we have also been...
The provider says it has confirmed regulatory approval of the payments, which are not seen as commission by the FSA and are therefore permitted by the FSA. It adds that members are...
Michael Whitfield, CEO at Thomsons says the cash injection will fund expansion of the firm’s UK and overseas operations, allowing it to continue to deliver pension consultancy services to firms facing their...
The research found 27 per cent of employers had seen absence rates go up or age-related health conditions such as diabetes and arthritis increase since the DRA was abolished in April 2011.The...
