Pensions

Back then, personal accounts and auto-enrolment were like some cloud on a distant horizon. Today, joined by the Retail Distribution Review, they figure as a clear and present danger to the way...

Simon Derby, director of i2 Healthcare, a longtime member of GRiD, has resigned his membership in protest at the fee hike, arguing it flies in the face of the organisation’s commitment to...

The upcoming review of the distribution landscape, and the sustainability of this sector through the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) and commission factoring, will impact the corporate market. The evaluation of the impact...

One of the most popular ways of saving are Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs), which offer tax efficient saving for the medium to long term. The Government encourages us to save in ISAs...

Our skills are much in demand. BP has closed its final-salary scheme to anyone joining after 2010, Barclays has stopped the future accrual of benefits into its staff scheme, and Morrisons supermarket...

Aegon stunned advisers with the announcement last month that it was stopping writing group risk business with immediate effect. It gave the reason for doing so as being because it does not...

The consultancy says it has decided against block switches, despite offers from big insurers to do so, because it wants to negotiate the best terms for each of its clients.Several providers have...

Awareness of personal accounts has remained largely unchanged over the 6 month period ending in February 2009, although there was a slight increase in the number of employees who thought they would...

Speaking at AMII's annual conference Izzard said the new qualification being worked on in association with the CII was essential to the future health of the sector and pointed to the recent...

Payne said the conference had seen the attendance of significant numbers of IFAs who had not sold PMI before or had only sold a little and were looking to expand further into...