Speaking at the NAPF conference in Liverpool, the minister said that he would ‘name and shame’ insurers auto enrolling workers into legacy pension schemes with high costs and poor quality standards. But he...
“We have to see the opt out rates are before looking at compulsion again,” he said. He urged the coalition government to press for lower and more transparent pension charges, great scale...
Jones said: “Some major employers have found it has taken them two years to respond to their duties, so we need to get people on board as soon as possible. In summer...
He said: “Discount rates are being calculated on artificially depressed gilt yields, and those false foundations are putting a lot of stress on businesses trying to keep a final salary pension going....
But the country’s ranking should improve significantly in 2013 when auto-enrolment and pension reform impact take effect, the report found.The report, which places the UK system above those in Germany, France and...
In a report published today – Caveat Venditor, or ‘seller beware’ – the report’s authors call for a central website to direct employers without advisers towards kite-marked pension schemes that had charges...
Corporate pension advisers should be regulated in the same way as individual IFAs says a wide-ranging and hard-hitting new report from the Pensions Institute that is also critical of consultant-providers who are...
Formerly Standard Life’s head of pensions policy, Lawson will take up the new role of head of policy, corporate benefits, with Aviva in January 2013.He will report to Aviva managing director, corporate...
Most of the major group pensions providers have now unveiled consultancy charge structures that permit a percentage of fund value option, even though the FSA says consultancy charges that reduce employer and...
Called The Healthcare Pathway, the service controls costs by working only with selected healthcare providers. Axa PPP says its network of healthcare providers means members should typically be no more than 15...
