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1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

  • ‘Money Sickness Syndrome’ doubles since credit crunch

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    ANXIETY over the state of Britons’ personal finances has doubled in the last three years, according to new research.

  • A test of professionalism

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    The group risk and healthcare sectors are raising professional standards through exams, whether the RDR requires it or not. Edmund Tirbutt reports

  • Active member discounts in sights of BIS probe

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    Buchanan: “There is a very heavy duty of disclosure when an employee moves from a scheme”

  • Aegon UK signs new deal with technology provider GBST

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    Aegon UK has signed a deal with GBST, a global provider of technology solutions for the implementation of its Composer solution, to support some of its existing products and future propositions as it moves to its new strategic focus on the ’at retirement’ and ’workplace savings’ markets.

  • Annuity reform – size is everything for Minimum Income Requirement

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    RETIREES wanting to take advantage of the Government’s proposed annuity reforms could need a £300,000 pension pot to do so.

  • Aon Hewitt merger creates ‘global leader’

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    AON HEWITT will be the brand name of the new company formed out of the merger of Hewitt Associates with a division of Aon Consulting.

  • Beware the cruelest cuts

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    A race to the bottom could prove costly to the healthcare sector. Sam Barrett finds providers, advisers and employers all contributing to thecommoditisation of PMI

  • Coalition government has pros and cons for PMI

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    AMII CONFERENCE

  • Crisis management

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    A vicious circle of cost-cutting will not benefit anybody

  • Darkness at the edge of town

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    The reasons why politicians would want to dump Nest and auto-enrolment are growing in significance by the day, says Teresa Hunter

  • Dwindling pension pots support age review

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    THE CONSISTENT decline in achievable pension income supports the government’s moves to increase retirement age, says Aon. Yet the increases in retirement age proposed so far will still leave people receiving pensions for same number of years.

  • FSCS pays out £204m

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    The Financial Services Compensation Scheme paid more than £204m in compensation to over 21,000 claimants in 2009/10.

  • Health is not a commodity

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    Commoditisation of workplace healthcare devalues what it has to offer, says Fiona Harris, head of strategy and development, Bupa Health & Wellbeing UK

  • IPT increase on medical insurance should be withdrawn: Payne

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    Payne: “Govt. departments cannot work together”

  • Johnson calls for 10-year Nest product to bridge gap to higher state pension

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    NEST savings should be allowed to fund a 10- year gap between retirement and a higher state pension, according to Michael Johnson of the Centre for Policy Studies.

  • McGarry named as new UK chief of Unum

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    Jack F. McGarry, senior vice president of benefits and risk management for the company’s Unum US unit, has been appointed CEO of Unum UK following the announcement by Susan Ring that she is stepping down from that role.

  • No end in sight

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    Managing staff through retirement is set to get a whole lot more complex. Emma Simon finds a rising demand for advice, but how will it be paid for?

  • PIIGS to market

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    Economic instability in the Eurozone will impact more than just continental retirement funds, says Paul Farrow

  • Plug in to charge

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    We are getting closer to knowing how consultancy charging will work but questions remain over Nest, says Steven Cameron, head of business regulation at Aegon

  • Regulator strengthens guidance on transfer incentives

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    A STRENGTHENED position on transfer incentives has been outlined in guidance published for consultation by The Pensions Regulator.

  • Road map to better data

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    Intermediaries and providers should come together to create a roadmap for technical development of the industry, says Ian McKenna, director of the Financial Technology Research Centre

  • THE BIG QUESTION

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    Do you expect tax relief on pensions at 40 per cent to still be available in two years from now?

  • THE CORPORATE AGENDA

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    Motivational incentive schemes are increasingly being merged with flexible and voluntary arrangements

  • The DB/DC divide

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    Martin Palmer, Head of Corporate Pensions Marketing, Friends Provident

  • The devil’s in the index

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    The switch to CPI indexation has not been as smooth as had been hoped, finds John Greenwood

  • The group risk race

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    Corporate sponsored group death in service schemes should be exempt from HMRC’s regime for registered pension schemes says Katharine Moxham, spokesperson for Group Risk Development

  • The view from management

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    Pension consultants do a good job but have some room for improvement says James Churcher, pensions manager at Telegraph Media Group. John Greenwood reports

  • Vanguard targets TDF launch in UK

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    US FUND management giant Vanguard is planning to launch a target date fund offering for use as a default fund in the UK corporate DC market some time in early 2011.

  • Warning from Bupa on "commoditisation hell"

    1 August 2010 Corporate Adviser

    PRICE-CUTTING followed by cost-cutting would create “commoditisation hell” for the private medical insurance sector, warned Dr Natalie-JaneMacdonald, md of Bupa Health & Wellness.

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