Employee Benefits

Tim Burggraaf examines the similarities and differences between DC plans across Europe and examines how employers can increase the value of their DC plan

Global Pensions held its fourth annual Transition Management Forum London on 10 September 2008 at Plaisterers' Hall.

Joseph Mariathasan explores the niche investment area of activist funds, which seek returns through the application of a private equity level of engagement to a select number of listed companies

UK - The cost of regulation is spiralling out of control and dictating the form of pension provision employers choose, delegates were told yesterday.

Employers and trustees should consider offering members a pensions holiday to help them cope with financial pressures caused by the credit crunch, Towers Perrin says.

Publishing group Coughlan Companies has appointed Gissings Consultancy Services to advise the creation of a benefit plan for employees transferring into the firm.

HSBC has launched a group self-invested personal pension with Standard Life for employees who are looking to invest maturing HSBC Share Reward Plans into a pension.

Industry fears over personal accounts revolve around employer contribution duties not the scheme itself, the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority says.

UK - The government must introduce automatic increases to pension savings when member's salaries rise if people are to have a decent standard of living in retirement, BlackRock says.

GLOBAL - Aging populations and changing mortality assumptions are the greatest threat to the long term viability of pension schemes, major consultants have again claimed.