Pensions

Four out of five pension professionals believe that the average DC member does not understand their company pension scheme, while 55 per cent do not believe that DC members know where to...

The accreditation body is looking to launch the new qualification, called the Diploma in Regulated Retirement Advice, by March 2012. The PMI hopes the new qualification will appeal to life office employees...

The policy, known as auto-consolidation, forms part of a bid to cut Aus$1bn of costs from Australia’s compulsory superannuation system. Some UK pension providers have expressed interested in a limited form of...

Launching his review of UK equity markets and long-term decision making at the NAPF this morning, Professor John Kay said he wanted to examine the extent to which intermediaries, including fund managers,...

Lodge, who is based in Dubai, signed a contract promising to pay the money to the foundation, according to reports in the Mirror Newspaper, but is yet to pay up more than...

Harris has worked in financial services for over 20 years, predominantly for large national IFAs including Origen where she formerly held the role of head of large corporate. She will oversee the...

The insurer says pension and life office actuaries need to place greater emphasis on disease-centred mortality models, and should attempt to understand the effect of the interaction of several diseases on individuals’...

The firm is opening an eleventh regional office in Newcastle to house the 14-strong team who will be moving across as part of the deal. These employees formerly operated out of Brewin...

Through the partnership Logica will target pension providers, employee benefit consultants and third party administrators with technology to help them enable employers to meet their auto-enrolment obligations.Logica’s cloud-based portal is based on...

Its Employee Outlook: Focus on Pay and Pensions survey has found that 53 per cent of workers are ’totally unaware’ of the reforms, which start to take effect from October 2012. Awareness...