Employee Benefits

MORE than three million workers are unaware their employer provides life insurance and are forking out unnecessarily for private cover, Aon Consulting research shows.

Beyond the obvious impact on market performance, the global credit crisis is continuing to effect the pension fund industry and will do for some time. David Harris explains

Jenny Blinch travels to Tokyo and finds the corporate DB pensions industry reeling under the effects of the credit crunch

Charlie Morris explores the evolving role of technology in pension fund portfolio management

While on the pensions side there is an almost universal move to defined contribution in Europe and the US, Christine Senior finds employee benefits packages continue to differ greatly

Following the publication of a report on DC schemes around the world, State Street's Kanesh Lakhani highlights key findings and stresses the importance of participation and contribution rates

MERCER has appointed Steve Charlton as a principal within its retirement business in a bid to strengthen its defined contribution pensions team.

The Pensions Regulator's draft guidance on how to calculate transfer values for members of defined benefit pension schemes is too late to be effective, Mercer says.

Businesses could be putting their flexible benefits at risk by cutting funding for internal communication budgets, Jardine Lloyd Thompson says.

Three large local authorities are to become the first to introduce a total reward statement pilot scheme for employees.