The RPC, the independent body that validated impacts on business of government departments regulatory and deregulatory proposals, has highlighted serious potential flaws in the impact assessment, which shows the cost of increasing...
The group risk industry’s initial reaction to the news that it had acquired an exemption from the abolition of the default retirement age (DRA) in October 2011 was overwhelmingly one of relief....
The changes mean another 170,000 people are excluded from being enrolled, of whom 120,000 are women. The TUC is calling for the linking of the qualification threshold to the income tax personal...
The consultancy’s response to the DWP’s charge consultation says other approaches mooted by the DWP, such as simply capping AMCs at 0.75 or 1 per cent, risk putting more innovative products out...
But one in four workers - 24 per cent - says knowing they have financial protection in place improves their motivation and productivity.Only one in five is content at the beginning of...
Aon Hewitt’s Pension Risk Tracker shows that the deficit on FTSE 350 pension schemes had fallen to under £300bn by December 2013, down from over £400bn in January 2013. The research, ‘Triggers...
Very rarely do you come across a true maverick in financial services. Often those pushing views that go against the mainstream have an agenda all of their own. But Dr Chris Sier...
The figures for mean gross state pensions, which give the clearest official picture of the level of combined basic and secondary pension of contracted in workers, have been omitted from the ONS’s...
As part of the restructure, intermediaries director Simon Massey and employee benefits and direct distribution director Andy Barton are both leaving the provider’s pensions arm. Both are currently considering positions elsewhere, either...
The acquisition follows the acquisition of Pope Anderson LLP and the UBS Corporate Pensions businesses, both in the last 12 months. The deal, which is subject to FCA approval, will mean the...
