Ready for the reform rollercoaster
The workplace pension market will have different drivers for each of the next four years as the RDR and auto enrolment shape a new world. Advisers that can adapt to this fast-changing...
Pensions
Beware to life’s big brand carousel
As with the carousel, so with life, not least when it comes to investments. We are all alone, trapped in endless cycles, powerless to stop the music, with advisers waving from the...
End of the silly season?
Summer is supposed to be silly season for the media. With everyone away and nothing going on, our pages are supposed to be filled with stories about cats stuck up trees, protracted...
Young people four times less likely to save in pension – DWP
Only 15 per cent of young employees aged 16 to 24 are participating in a workplace pension scheme, compared to 58 per cent in the 45 to 54 age group. But only...
Most employers lacking clear auto-enrolment strategy
More than nine out of 10 larger employers do not yet have firm plans in place to meet auto-enrolment regulatory requirements, according to research from Standard Life.Of the 200 larger employers surveyed,...
£2bn a day August DB losses pile agony on scheme funding negotiations
Funding negotiations between employers and pension scheme trustees are becoming less predictable says the consultancy, potentially leading to significantly higher contributions from companies or longer anticipated deficit repayment periods, depending on how...
Pay by results behavioural change service in Axa PPP’s newly launched workplace wellbeing offering
The Be Healthy workplace wellbeing offering includes ‘Imperative Health’, a behavioural change service that targets musculoskeletal problems, diabetes and heart disease, and offers fee rebates if beneficial employee outcomes are not achieved.Be...
Instant IPMI quote service launched
The service, which the provider claims is a market first, allows companies to get a price, design their cover, manage their quotes and upload their membership list online.Quotes are given when the...
Nest target group ’emotional’ at pension losses
The financial crisis had a big impact on pension behaviour, both in terms of contributions and fund switch activity, according to research for Nest carried out by DCisions.The research found 46 per...
Vebnet’s Verner dismissed by Standard Life
Vebnet sales director James Verner has been dismissed by parent Standard Life following the conclusion of an internal investigation.Verner was suspended at the end of May, at the same time as Standard...
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