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The Pensions Regulator's draft guidance on how to calculate transfer values for members of defined benefit pension schemes is too late to be effective, Mercer says.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.
Only 25pc of FSTE350 directors are currently building up new defined benefit pensions, Watson Wyatt analysis shows.
THE Local Government Pension Scheme will not exist by 2012, a survey by Mercer reveals.
NEW ZEALAND - Government moves to make KiwiSaver "fairer" have been criticised by a business group in New Zealand.
Canadian pension funds were built to last and appear to be surviving the credit crisis. Elizabeth Pfeuti reports from Toronto on this and how increasing commitment to global assets and SRI will affect funds