Pensions

Mixed messages on commission

With one provider pulling away from offering initial commission on group pensions, so another has dipped a tentative toe into the water. Axa followed Friends Provident, Standard and Prudential into the no...

Tell us how it is for you

Why does the sector suffer from such poor standards? And what are we providers doing to rectify and improve the situation?The main reason, as those involved in the industry would testify, is...

Quality will out

All companies will thus become involved in the process of auto-enrolling their staff into pension saving; including those who don't want to join a pension scheme, never did and never will. The...

A part of the union

"I want to dispel any sense of unions just obdurately banging the table and refusing to countenance any change in a shortsighted way," she says. "Unions and trustees have been very ready...

Do they really know the risks?

Individuals with large equity exposure were obviously the worst hit after the FTSE 100 plunged by 31 per cent last year, while many other markets - including Europe, Japan and the US...

Emerging from the shade

Latin America's economy was growing, helped by strong commodity prices and buoyant demand from China. It is a region rich in raw materials: Venezuela has oil, Mexico and Peru have an abundance...

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