Employee Benefits

Flexible benefits have hit pension provision and money-purchase scheme members are losing out because trustees spend too much time on governance, Oval Financial Services claims.

Mercer has launched a "broader" saving scheme which gives staff the chance to divide their combined employer and employee contributions between their pension and a general savings plan.

INCLUDING: US - PBGC names chief financial officer; UK - Mercer reveals new approach to pensions and savings; UK - Resolution reports record sales

FRANCE - Transport systems returned to normal as striking rail workers returned to work today, while unions remained divided over the success of the industrial action.

GLOBAL - Qantas has reached an ‘in principle' agreement with the Australian Services Union over pay, conditions and superannuation contributions.

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Increased reliance on defined contribution schemes will lead to more government intervention and higher costs, Mercer claims.

The Voucher Association will host its fifth annual conference at the London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, on April 22, 2008.

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Running personal accounts on a target annual management charge of 0.3pc may be unrealistic, the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority chief executive Tim Jones warns.