Employee Benefits

Better communication between trustees, sponsoring employers and members of defined contribution schemes can give a significant boost to financial outcomes, The Pensions Regulator says.

Alternative savings options are more attractive to many employees than pensions, a Mercer poll reveals.

Professional Pensions has joined up with the adnitor UK Platform Awards to recognise excellence in DC Worksite pension platforms.

Almost 20pc of companies will switch to personal accounts for new or existing employees, a National Association of Pension Funds survey reveals.

UK - The National Association of Pensions Funds (NAPF) has found many employers are unprepared for the introduction of Personal Accounts in 2012.

Trustees of the Inchcape Group (UK) Pension Scheme have appointed Punter Southall as actuarial advisers to the £200m scheme.

GlaxoSmithKline has launched a "group ISA" with Standard Life to stand alongside its group personal pension and other savings options.

EMPLOYERS oppose proposed new pension accounting rules despite desire for change, a Watson Wyatt survey finds.

Unite will announce changes to the Prysmian Cables' defined benefit pension scheme next week, after successful negotiations were completed with the company.

Lorant Porkolab outlines the whys and wherefores of risk sharing in occupational pension schemes, an approach offering a compromise between DB and DC