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John Greenwood: Are Aegon's auto-enrol payments within the regulations?
Offer to refund some employer contributions to help pay for auto-enrolment advice have split opinion over whether the regulator will allow it.
Ian McKenna: The US service set to shake-up financial advice
McKenna blogs from New York on a new pension proposition likely to be replicated over here.
Ian McKenna: The US service set to shake-up financial advice
McKenna blogs from New York on a new pension proposition likely to be replicated over here.
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.
Consultancy charging banned from today as defaults face charge cap
Consultancy charging has been banned for auto-enrolment schemes and default fund charges could be capped under a consultation to be published this autumn.
Pension sales up but earnings down at Aegon
Aegon saw new pension sales increase 44 per cent in Q1 of 2013 compared to the same period a year earlier, although its underlying pensions earnings were hit by adverse persistency, falling from £11m to £5m.
Simplyhealth confirms Romana Abdin as new CEO
Healthcare provider Simplyhealth has today announced that Romana Abdin will become the company’s new chief executive with effect from 1 July.
AWD Chase de Vere re-named as Chase de Vere
-- AWD Chase de Vere has been re-named as Chase de Vere as part of a wider re-branding of the firm.
What do you think of corporate platforms?
Corporate Adviser is working with The Platforum to find out just what advisers think of corporate platforms.
Pensions Policy Institute names Chris Curry as new director
Chris Curry has been appointed as the new director of the Pensions Policy Institute, succeeding Niki Cleal when she steps-down in June 2013.
Govt to accelerate plans for RBS and Lloyds sell-off
Those close to the chancellor are accelerating efforts to prepare for a reprivatisation of taxpayer-funded RBS and Lloyds.
Simplyhealth launches flexible PMI proposition for SMEs
-- Simplyhealth has launched a new flexible private medical insurance proposition for small to medium sized businesses that replaces its existing private medical insurance schemes, Preferential, Accessible and Sante.
Zurich launches risk-managed default solution
Zurich Corporate Savings has today launched an auto-enrolment default fund solution in conjunction with Schroders and Threadneedle. The Zurich Dynamic Lifestyle Portfolio will be available to new and existing members of Zurich’s workplace pension schemes.
Citizens Advice urges banks to offer payday loan alternatives
The charity says more can be done to address the growing prominance of payday lenders.
Nest unveils new online AE offering
Nest is launching a new online auto-enrolment offering for employers and advisers that helps address the challenges its research of those organisations who have already staged found most complex.
Business protection gap widens to £1.3 trillion says L&G
UK businesses currently have a £1.35 trillion shortfall in business protection, with their level of underinsurance rising 18 per cent in four years, according to L&G research.
Santander chief executive resigns
Alfredo Sáenz has resigned as Santander vice-chairman and chief executive.
