Tag Archives: Small and medium enterprises
Can social media play a part in pension scheme governance?
Are the systems used to offer participating employers a say in the running of mastertrusts or contract based workplace pensions fit for today’s purpose? Continue reading
Better-buying makes auto-enrolment work
The promise of “Wealth at work” has disguised the paucity of the pension outcomes when work finishes. Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, corporate governance, dc pensions, First Actuarial, Henry Tapper blog, pensions, steve webb, target date funds
Tagged Insurance, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Regulator, Self-invested personal pension, SHPS, Small and medium enterprises, UK State Pension
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The Budget – Becalmed in the middle of the lost decade!
This wasn’t really a budget about pensions and the usual scare stories about threats to pension saving proved groundless. It certainly didn’t do much for those in retirement. Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, dc pensions, Treasury
Tagged April, April 2013, April 2014, April 2015, Business, National Insurance, Small and medium enterprises, Value-added tax
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Who’ll pay the price for an auto-enrolment train crash?
So far – so good! Large companies that have staged auto-enrolment have thrown money at the problem (Lloyds Bank claim more than £1m). But we haven’t had a failure – yet! The DWP thought the average enrolment costs for large … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged Business, Company, DWP, Employment, National Employment Savings Trust, OFT, pension, Small and medium enterprises
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Insurers find comfort in Boardroom Benefits
Earlier in the week I mentioned I was highly sceptical about corporate wrap platforms. They have become the holy grail for a magic circle of insurance companies whose business models are increasingly focusing on pandering to the boardrooms of fellow corporate … Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, EU Solvency II, Martin Lewis, pensions
Tagged bribery act, Business, corporate governance, Cyberbury, dc pensions, de-risking, Distribution (business), Employee benefit, Employment, EU Solvency II, Financial services, FTSE 100, FTSE 100 Index, Insurance, Martin Lewis, McKinsey & Company, moneysavingexpert, Pension new, Pensions, pensions, PWC, Small and medium enterprises
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