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Not all TDFs the same warns Defaqto
Not all target date funds are the same so advisers should carry out extensive due diligence before recommending one as a default fund, according to a new report from Defaqto.
Contracted-in 28 per cent worse off under single-tier - PPI
The average contracted-out 45-year-old will receive £2,288 a year more pension than those who remain contracted-in, giving them income 28 per cent higher, according to the Pensions Policy Institute.
Webb should focus collective DC on smaller schemes - Wood
The government should focus collective defined contribution on smaller employers where charges are typically higher and where there is less access to investment expertise says JLT.
Pension deficits fall by £84bn as bond yields rise
UK corporate pension deficits fell by £84bn to £611bn in May according to Xafinity’s corporate pension deficits tracker, cancelling the previous month’s rise of £84bn.
Employees demanding pensions comms through diverse media
Employers are failing to communicate pensions to employees through their preferred channels and are relying on paper even though staff find new media just as appealing according to new research from Capita Employee Benefits.
Governments should keep hands off pensions says PensionsEurope
Governments are using pensions to manipulate policies to the detriment of members warns pan-European pension body PensionsEurope.
Solvency II holding back equity release – Towers Watson
Equity release could boost Europe’s’ retirees’ savings by €20bn a year but Solvency II is stifling insurers’ attempts to supply products to facilitate it, according to a report by Towers Watson.
Now: Pensions and Annuity Direct tie up for whole of market annuity provision
Now: Pensions is tying up with retirement income specialistAnnuity Direct for an execution-only guided whole of market annuity service.
Standard Life and Punter Southall agree strategic deal for new SME clients
Standard Life and Punter Southall Defined Contribution Consulting have agreed a deal to supply the intermediary’s new small and medium sized employer clients with a packaged auto-enrolment solution.
IMA chairman urges asset managers to rebuild investors' trust
-- The asset management industry needs to take proactive steps to reconnect with investors and to build reputation and trust says Investment Management Association chairman Douglas Ferrans.
Kane and Chappell join O’Dwyer in Standard’s workplace team
Standard Life has appointed of two new senior business development managers to its workplace business following last week’s recruitment of Barry O’Dwyer as managing director of workplace.
Market movements generating more manager fees than performance – LCP
The performance of the financial markets has a 2.5 times greater impact on investment fees than the performance of the manager, meaning even managers who underperform in rising markets see their fee increase, according to new research.
Ill-health early retirement questions remain for employers closing DB schemes
A third of employers closing DB pension schemes are still unsure how to replace the ill-health early retirement provision, with 20 per cent having completely overlooked the issue, according to Group Risk Development.
More drawdown needed in corporate DC - Deloitte
Providers and employers should be doing more to drive take-up of income drawdown through corporate pension schemes to increase retirement incomes by up to 20 per cent says Deloitte.
Consultancy charging ban 'extended to all qualifying pension schemes'
The ban on consultancy charging will extend to all qualifying pension schemes and not just those being used for auto-enrolment, Corporate Adviser understands.
Daily liquidity impediment to returns - DCIF
Daily dealing is limiting investment options in DC pension schemes, ensuring investment options are inferior to those available to DB funds, according to a new paper from the Defined Contribution Investment Forum (DCIF), the fund manager body.
L&G unveils governance committee across trust and contract
-- Legal & General is to oversee its entire contract-based book of corporate pension business with a new investment governance committee that will mirror the governance offered through its mastertrust.
Wide-ranging Labour critique of workplace pensions targets contract, transparency and regulators
-- Labour has called for total charge transparency, a single regulator, greater obligations on those running contract-based schemes and sealed bids for annuity business in a wide-ranging critique of the workplace pensions market.
Consultancy charging ‘could survive in parallel schemes’
Consultancy charging could survive the auto-enrolment scheme ban on by setting up more generous parallel schemes says Thomsons Online Benefits chief executive Michael Whitfield.
Existing consultancy charging schemes ‘may need to be unpicked’
Schemes already set up on a consultancy charging basis may need to be unraveled even though the Government has said its ban on the structure will not be retrospective, experts have warned.
