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1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

  • Advisers confident of post-2012 boom

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    By Gill Wadsworth

  • Advisers to walk fine line when advising on 2012 opt-outs

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

  • Aegon teams up with Mercer and OBSR for governed range

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    Aegon is launching a new governed range for its corporate pensions offering, built around 46 best of breed funds selected and monitored by Mercer and OBSR.

  • Are you ready?

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    The corporate advice market is facing up to some of the most serious challenges to its future in decades. The question is how well-placed your business will be to meet the changes that are coming.

  • Back PQM to stop levelling down – NAPF

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    THE NAPF called on advisers to get on board with its Pensions Quality Mark (PQM) to reduce the risk of leveling down that the industry is so fearful of.

  • Back to basics

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    Bold steps such as 30 per cent tax relief for all are needed to broaden the appeal of saving for retirement, says Paul Goodwin, head of pensions at Aviva

  • Bumpy ride on the super-cycle

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    Three years ago retail investors were being sold the potential upside of commodities. Sonia Speedy finds mixed views on when the gravy train will next leave the station

  • Catalyst for change

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things, says Ian McMullan, managing director of Canada Life Group Insurance

  • CBI plea for simplicity for exempt schemes

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

  • Changing savings behaviours

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    People are not saving enough for retirement so how do we help them overcome the barriers to saving. Affordability is a difficult one to tackle but the introduction of auto enrolment in 2012 will create a degree of compulsion. Can we help workers manage their long term financial futures now?

  • Cheseldine: 'FSA should see no difference between commission and fees for RDR'

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

  • Clearing house in order?

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    Is the time right for a re-examination of the industry alternatives to personal accounts? John Greenwood reports

  • Distribution dilemma

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    The industry is scratching its head about how to remunerate group pensions advisers. Gill Wadsworth finds out where we may be heading

  • Economic Reality Bites

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    The main political party conferences are over and we’re starting to get a clearer idea of how long it will take for the economy to make a full recovery from the recession. While there are political differences, both main parties agree that national debt needs to be reduced through spending cuts, increased taxation or a mix of both. Alan Millward discusses this impact on the industry…

  • Editor’s Comment

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

  • Ellipse opens at arms length from Munich Re

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    The new insurer set up at arms length from Munich Re’s UK reinsurance operations has opened for business to a restricted number of employee benefit consultancies.

  • Employers warn Budget turning decision-makers off pensions

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

  • FSA can't stop us using mastertrust for commission - Lawson

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    Product providers are set to ignore an FSA letter warning insurance companies against using trust-based arrangements to sidestep the Retail Last month Corporate Adviser reported that the FSA had sent a confidential letter to the ABI telling insurers that it would not tolerate them setting up trust-based schemes that paid commission to get round the prohibition on commissions expected from 2012 in the RDR. The FSA has refused to confirm exactly what it has told the ABI, but says ...

  • Hewitt warns of £150m risk to UK pension benefits

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    Around 15,000 people in the UK face losing at least 20 per cent of their pension benefits if DB scheme trustees do not take control of investment strategy says Hewitt.

  • Home and away

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    Understanding cover for staff working abroad is essential for advisers operating in today’s global village, says Edmund Tirbutt

  • Intermediaries vent anger at direct approach providers

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    Employee benefits consultants have vowed to fight attempts by insurers to bypass the advisory market in the corporate pensions sector, threatening to fight fire with fire.

  • New structures at Axa Corporate Benefits and Axa PPP healthcare

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

  • ONS survey reveals decline in pension coverage

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    There were 2 million fewer people accruing benefits in non-government DB schemes last year than in 2000, according to the Occupational Pension Schemes Survey 2008, just published by the ONS.

  • Origen cuts jobs across the company in refocus of business

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

  • Orphaned by levelling down

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    Pensions reforms will create millions more orphaned policyholders as employers level down to personal accounts says Ian McKenna , director of the Financial Technology Research Centre

  • Pensions Regulator warns of DC literature failings

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    An investigation into the quality of pre-retirement literature by the Pensions Regulator has found more than half of schemes have room for improvement and three out of 10 are breaking the law.

  • Population rise to exacerbate pension crisis - Aon

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    The projected rise in the UK’s population is likely to lead to substantial tax rises just to sustain current basic pension levels, says Aon Consulting. The ONS estimates that the UK population will rise from 61m to 71.6m by 2033. Aon calculates that the total state pension bill will rise by 32 per cent and each individual’s contribution will go up by 14 per cent to pay for it. Marcus Hurd, head of corporate solutions at Aon says: “State pensions are like pyramid insurance: you need ...

  • Refund of contributions means trust trend will continue

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    Trust-based schemes will remain attractive to some employers post-2012, whether or not the FSA attempts to restrict them, said delegates at the Corporate Adviser DC Summit.

  • Stability through diversity?

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    Diversified growth funds seem to tick many of the boxes when it comes to the challenges faced by default funds. Paul Farrow finds advisers still waiting for a longer track record

  • State of flux

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    The winds of change are beginning to be felt as the possibility of a new goverment draws closer

  • Strattan is Summit king of the keyboard

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

  • Taking it personally

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    Head of product and market engagement at Pada, Paul Gilbody is charged with developing and delivering the personal accounts propostion. He talks to John Greenwood about complementing and not competing with private sector solutions

  • Tapping into education

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

  • Target date funds no easy answer to default dilemma

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

  • Taylor to head new Towergate Financial London EB arm

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

  • THE BIG QUESTION

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    The Question - From 2012 do you expect demand from employers for auto-enrolment communication programmes that achieve high levels of employee opt-out?

  • The Corporate Agenda

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    Pensions professionals and the broader HR community must turn talk about flexible retirement into reality

  • The longevity liability conundrum

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    If the ultimate endgame for companies is removing their pensions liability from their balance sheets, they must exercise caution in their approach says Teresa Hunter

  • The true cost of stress

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    Stress in the workplace can have devastating effects on employees. Sam Barrett finds out what adviser solutions can and can’t do to help

  • William Russell sales of Global Plans up 650% in UAE

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

    International expatriate insurance specialist William Russell has reported a growth of 647 per cent in year to date UAE sales compared to the same period for 2008, despite the downturn in the global economy. The boost has been strongly supported by a distribution deal signed in May 2008 with local insurer Dubai Insurance Company to sell their international health, life and income protection insurance plans to individuals and employers in the UAE.

  • Your investment governance responsibilities

    1 November 2009 Corporate Adviser

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