Pensions

“It’s got much worse in the last year or so,” says Glen Smith, managing director of Healthcare Partners. “There isn’t much new business around so we’re seeing some insurers and advisers having...

Ian McKenna While progress means things invariably move faster, it is questionable if new processes are truly optimal. In the analogue world, when everything was carried out on paper, differences between the...

One reason that views are so polarised is that anyone taking a view on the issue can focus on very different sizes of client. Large companies who have to introduce auto-enrolment in...

Alistair McQueen In May, many of us began enthusiastically studying our bank accounts to see if we’d secured tickets for the 2012 London Olympics.In May, the Pensions Regulator also began writing to...

Fears over growth in Europe and the US, combined with the eurozone crisis and impending interest rate rises, are unnerving fund managers.Only a net 10 per cent of investors expect stronger global...

As we now enter the final furlong before auto-enrolment commences, with the Pensions Regulator last month sending out the first letters telling large employers of their start date, both government and regulator...

With upwards of 7m new members of occupational schemes likely within the next few years, the role of chief executive of the Pensions Regulator is an increasingly significant public post. The last...

Ken Willis Many people ask whether there is a difference between fiduciary investment management and implemented consulting. I would say not really, they are both forms of asset management. The two names...

The rewards paid to employees in international operations are coming under increasing scrutiny as financial pressures mount on company budgets and working abroad becomes more commonplace.“Organisations no longer see expats as the...

Few would argue with the contention that demand for financial advice and information in the workplace is set to surge. Those firms that find innovative ways of talking to employees will succeed...