Just how effective is your pension strategy?
In today’s challenging environment, managing defined benefit pension schemes can be a headache for businesses in the UK, particularly when it…
Pensions
Why FDs need to consider options in a time of uncertainty
A couple of decades ago, very few people would have predicted that defined benefit (DB) pension provision would be listed as…
New research reveals emerging trends from DB schemes
Following research of UK defined benefit pension schemes with assets of over £1 billion, carried out by Barnett Waddingham, Andrew Vaughan,…
Defined benefit pensions: Addressing the problems without the hassle
Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes can place a huge financial strain on UK businesses. Getting to grips with the issues, and…
SMEs face challenging times when it comes to auto-enrolment
By Paula Warnock, Partner, Hill Dickinson The introduction of auto-enrolment is certainly a step in the right direction to boost pension…
The pension inequalities facing the UK
By Andrew Wayland The pension deficit has been found to cause lower wages for workers in the UK, research has found….
Pension schemes and longevity assumptions – what’s another year?
By Nick Griggs, Partner, Corporate Consulting, Barnett Waddingham LLP The longevity assumptions used for the valuation of pension benefits can have…
Political parties draw up election pension plans
The future of the pensions triple lock – which promises the state pension will rise each year by the highest of one…
Employees missing out as firms plug pension schemes
Workers may be being paid less because their employers are spending millions of pounds to keep their pension schemes afloat, according…
Ex-CBI boss turns his sights on pension policy
The year-long independent review headed by John Cridland, former director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, into the UK’s pension policy…