Employee Benefits

Professional Pensions has launched The Pension Scheme of the Year Awards 2008 in a bid to find the best pension funds and managers in Britain.

MIDDLE EAST - An increase in multi-national companies in the Middle East is driving demand for Western-style pay and benefit practices, according to Mercer.

Tim Jones of the UK's PADA talks to Elizabeth Pfeuti about the challenges and debates involved in implementing a new nation-wide pension scheme by 2012

David Russell and Danyelle Guyatt take a look at the incorporation of ESG issues into investment in alternatives and suggest a number of action points for pension funds

No one is disputing the replacement of DB with DC anymore, instead they are exploring ways to make DC as successful as it needs to be. Heather Dale reports

Elizabeth Pfeuti talks to Orlaigh Quinn about the recent government green paper and the steps Ireland is taking towards pension reform

New Zealand's KiwiSaver scheme has been a victim of its own success, with the flood of new entrants serving to highlight several teething problems. Rachel Alembakis reports

Businesses need to improve benefit administration and communication to recruit and retain high-quality staff members, JLT Benefit Solutions says.

Kingfisher has set up a group self-invested personal pension to run alongside its existing pension schemes.

ENSURING members value and understand their pension is the toughest challenge for defined contribution schemes across Europe, a Mercer study reveals.