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LV= pensions head moves to Nest
Former LV= pensions head Ray Chinn has joined Government-backed auto-enrolment Nest. After 10 years at LV= Chinn left the firm in March. He has now joined Nest as head of retirement options. Chinn was also deputy chair of the ILAG Wealth Management Strategy Group until January this year, and was a product development manager at […]
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Advisers stand by Old Mutual amid replatforming U-turn
Nearly 90 per cent of advisers say they won’t shift platform despite provider backtracking on replatforming deal Advisers have said they are likely to stick with Old Mutual after the provider cut ties with its replatforming provider IFDS. Last week, Old Mutual announced it had cancelled the estimated £450m deal to update its current technology […]
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Candid’s Justin Modray: ‘Advisers have used RDR as an excuse to jack up fees’
Living up to the name of his business, Candid Financial Advice director Justin Modray thinks most advisers charge too much for what they provide. It is a bugbear he speaks about regularly, provoking criticism from those who attribute rising advice costs to an increased workload post-RDR and pension freedoms. So what does he see as […]
The employment cost of The Big Society
Those with long memories will remember that in the run up to the 2010 general election there was much talk from the Conservative Party around a rather nebulous beast – The Big Society.
US equities: stock-picking for growth
Artemis US equity manager Cormac Weldon finds US companies he thinks will thrive, even in challenging markets. To watch the video click here
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A hostile climate and burrito bonds: The Wells Street Journal
A weekly account of the curious goings-on in the world of financial services A hostile climateOn the same day the Prudential Regulation Authority put out a policy statement on the financial risks of climate change and five London landmarks were ground to a halt by climate protesters, it was starting to feel like a bit […]
Jason Broomer: Fund survivor bias is alive and kicking
Understanding the impact of cutting the dead wood Nothing sells funds like performance. Despite all the regulator’s railings that past performance is no guide to the future, we see flows being directed to the funds at the top of the league tables time and time again. There are, of course, far too many funds out […]
DWP publishes guidance on GMP equalisation
The Department for Work and Pensions has published its first round of guidance to help trustees resolve unequal guaranteed minimum pensions today. A GMP is the minimum pension that an occupational pension scheme, contracted out of the additional state pension between 6 April 1978 and 5 April 1997 on a salary-related basis, has to provide […]