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Out of touch

1 March 2010 Corporate Adviser

The Department for Work and Pensions is out of touch with what the FSA is actually planning for commission on group pensions

Too busy to listen

1 February 2010 Corporate Adviser

As the general election draws closer, the temptation for politicians to duck important decisions grows ever stronger

No signs of resistance

1 January 2010 Corporate Adviser

‘Dodgy dossier’ may be going too far, but the FSA’s latest CP on corporate pensions seems sexed up

The high cost of ignorance

1 December 2009 Corporate Adviser

Well-informed consumers will demand higher standards from those servicing them

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

Consequences of change

1 Oct 2009

Any day now we will find out whether the FSA and DWP are going to favour occupational DC pensions or their contract-based counterparts. Whichever way they go, I only hope that they do so with unintended consequences at the forefront of their thinking.

Who's next?

1 Sep 2009

Resolution's consolidation project is just one factor that is going to make this autumn a compelling period in the workplace benefits sector

Editor's comment

1 Sep 2009

It is not an exaggeration to say that the workplace pensions industry is in a time of unprecedented change. Auto-enrolment, personal accounts and the retail distribution review are approaching fast and each brings its own challenges.

Rewind and relax

1 Aug 2009

As many of us settle down on our towels by beach or pool, we will surely find it impossible not to reflect on a period of unprecedented change. By the time schools reopen it will be two years since the run on Northern Rock, and the difference between both the business and the consulting environment then and now is phenomenal.

Back to basics

1 Jul 2009

The recession is showing its face in increasingly varied ways, just at the time when optimistic politicians and economists are saying the worst is over. Like the First World War, the downturn will be all but over by Christmas we are being told, but employers, intermediaries and providers are wisely bracing themselves for a tough long haul.

Pada only winner from black Budget

29 May 2009

New layers of complexity can only turn employers off.

Beware reckless caution

1 May 2009

We are in danger of ushering in an era of reckless caution. Equities are meant to be the workhorse of pension growth, yet headline after headline keeps telling us how badly they have performed in recent years.

Keep connected to the real economy

24 Mar 2009

More than two million unemployed in the UK and the first year of global recession since the second world war. These are just two of the long list of grim statistics to hit the headlines in recent weeks.

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