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PMI launches financial education and guidance service
PMI launches financial education and guidance service

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has launched a financial education and guidance service supported by Wealth At Work.

  • Industry
  • 27 July 2020
Case study: How Aviva prepares its future retirees
Case study: How Aviva prepares its future retirees

Aviva has started running dedicated retirement preparation seminars for its clients. Having attended one, James Phillips explains how the sessions are run.

  • Industry
  • 24 August 2018
Industry-wide universities programme needed to boost diversity and trust
Industry-wide universities programme needed to boost diversity and trust

The industry needs to come together to develop a financial education programme for university students to encourage more to enter the industry, thereby also building trust, Gina Miller has said.

  • Industry
  • 12 March 2018
Are employees being empowered by financial education in the workplace?
Are employees being empowered by financial education in the workplace?

Michael Klimes asks if the tools that companies use to help staff understand pensions and finance are sufficient

  • Admin / Technology
  • 09 June 2017
DB trustees have high financial literacy but lean towards groupthink
DB trustees have high financial literacy but lean towards groupthink

Almost all defined benefit (DB) trustees show excellent understanding of financial concepts, but most boards lack diversity.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 09 February 2017
Michelle Cracknell: Simplifying pensions is wrong focus for industry
Michelle Cracknell: Simplifying pensions is wrong focus for industry

The industry needs to take a different approach to empower the public to manage their pensions says The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) chief executive.

  • Industry
  • 23 November 2016
How can members be empowered to avoid running out of money in retirement?
How can members be empowered to avoid running out of money in retirement?

Charges and poor returns can seriously reduce the amount of income people have in retirement. Michael Klimes looks at what can be done to help avoid these pitfalls.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 07 November 2016
Have your say: Has the Pension Schemes Bill strengthened the master trust market?
Have your say: Has the Pension Schemes Bill strengthened the master trust market?

This week, we want to know if the Pension Schemes Bill adequately addresses weaknesses in the master trust market and what the biggest obstacle to setting up the pension dashboard is.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 24 October 2016
Young do not know difference between pensions and bank accounts
Young do not know difference between pensions and bank accounts

The pension knowledge gap of younger savers is bigger than previously thought and is affecting their potential retirement funds, research from Jelf Employee Benefits finds.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 14 July 2016
PBUK: Samsung launches workplace ISA to tackle changing benefits landscape
PBUK: Samsung launches workplace ISA to tackle changing benefits landscape

Samsung has introduced a workplace ISA to address the changing savings priorities of its 1400 staff.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 04 July 2016
Industry must move to services model to deliver value for money
Industry must move to services model to deliver value for money

The pensions industry must move away from a product mind set to deliver better outcomes for members according to Jonathan Watts-Lay.

  • Industry
  • 01 June 2016
Pensions dashboard will boost member engagement
Pensions dashboard will boost member engagement

Nearly 60% of advisers believe a digital dashboard will help people engage in retirement planning.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 25 May 2016
How should risks to DB benefits be communicated to members?
How should risks to DB benefits be communicated to members?

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's DB taskforce is exploring whether members should be better informed about the risks to their benefits. Kristian Brunt-Seymour looks at how this could work

  • Defined Benefit
  • 23 May 2016
Lack of confidence in pensions is major challenge for industry
Lack of confidence in pensions is major challenge for industry

Figures reveal a lack of belief in pensions which will be difficult to overcome.

  • Industry
  • 18 April 2016
Altmann: industry should create standard form for DC members
Altmann: industry should create standard form for DC members

The pensions minister has called on the industry to devise a standardised document to present members' defined contribution (DC) savings in the same format.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 14 April 2016
All generations have chronic lack of financial knowledge
All generations have chronic lack of financial knowledge

Employees of all ages are suffering from major gaps in financial knowledge according to research by Barnett Waddingham.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 24 March 2016
Top ten ways to maximise retirement income
Top ten ways to maximise retirement income

Retirement planning, collating information and managing costs are among the best ways for defined contribution (DC) members to optimise their retirement income according to WEALTH at Work.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 09 February 2016
How to build financial resilience among lower-paid employees

Financial resilience is a high indicator of financial wellbeing. Debi O'Donovan explores how employers can effectively meet the problem for their workforce and boost business productivity.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 20 May 2015
Will robo-advisers be used for workplace advice?

Robo-advisers could potentially be used to provide advice to employees, panelists at a WSB webinar said.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 30 April 2015
Tories line-up Ros Altmann as financial education minister

Ros Altmann is to be nominated as a Conservative peer and will be made a minister with responsibility for consumer protection if the party wins next month's general election.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 23 April 2015
Pension freedoms expose need for financial education

The vast majority of employers believe the retirement reforms announced in the Budget will require greater workplace financial education.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 07 July 2014
DC members unwilling to pay for drawdown advice

Defined contribution (DC) savers who intend to manage their own pension pot in retirement are unwilling to pay for regular advice, according to research from Hymans Roberston.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 16 May 2014
Current benefits packages not fit for purpose by 2020

Almost half (48%) of UK companies do not believe the benefit programmes they have in place today will be fit for purpose in 2020, a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit reveals.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 09 April 2014

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