The advent of 2012, auto-enrolment and personal accounts is highlighting the significance of the difference between trust- and contract-based pensions as never before. Two different regulators, different tax treatment and the potential...
The advent of such a high profile competitor as personal accounts will create an unprecedented new benchmark in the workplace DC market that could put pressure on more expensive active management strategies.Delegates...
The duty for employers to auto-enrol staff into pension schemes will be rolled out over three years from October 2012 and not over 18 months as had previously been indicated. Between 2012...
The firm says the sheer size of the paper could lead to problems in the future. Pinsent Masons head of strategic development, pensions, Robin Ellison says, "The DWP’s latest consultation is 218...
Certification is intended to allow employers with percentage of basic pay pension schemes to certify at the start of each year that they thought that all their employees would have had at...
Group Sipps will be permitted for use as qualifying schemes for automatic enrolment, the DWP has confirmed. But the the group Sipp must have a default fund that "resembles that of a...
All pension schemes that are used to automatically enrol workers must have a default fund by law.The DWP has published guidance that sets out a number of design criteria: The fund must...
A body found in Bude earlier this week was identified as that of Seaton, who went missing on August 24. Seaton, 57, joined the financial services industry in October 1986. He became...
Avis will take the newly created role in November and will report to Ian McMullan, managing director.At Ceridian Avis was responsible for developing the LifeWorks EAP service. He has previously held a...
The combined deficit of FTSE 250 companies’ schemes stood at £12bn on 30 June 2009, £6bn more than a year ago. PCS says companies in the FTSE 250 have reacted to the...
