Employees are experiencing a crisis of confidence in their readiness for retirement, according to research by Mercer, and HR staff are amongst the most disillusioned.
Almost half of employees in a defined contribution (DC) scheme do not know what they are contributing towards retirement, according to a study of 5,200 employees, published this morning by Scottish...
One of the biggest shake-ups in employee benefits provision is forcing companies to question which department should manage the process of auto-enrolling all members into an occupational pension...
Total contributions to personal pensions in the UK fell from £20.9 billion in 2007/08 to £18.7 billion in 2009/10, largely due to a fall in the number of people contributing during the recession,...
Directors of the UK's top companies have amassed pension pots worth an average of £3.9 million, according to the TUC's ninth annual PensionsWatch survey published today – but for the first time the...
Employers are not doing enough to protect their pension investments, with staff in defined-contribution schemes set to be 25% worse-off in retirement, according to pension provider Xafinity.
A third of larger employers are looking to decrease their spend on workplace pensions at the very time when they need to be considering the possibility of a higher spend, with auto-enrolment looming...
With just over a year to go until pensions auto-enrolment will affect larger employers, the majority (93%) do not yet have firm plans in place to meet auto-enrolment regulatory requirements,...
As pressure continues to mount on corporate pension schemes, a new market is taking off in pension risk management deals which hedge specific risks such as rising life expectancies.
Auto-enrolment is now taking its place on centre stage and with 80% of the UK workforce likely to become part of an occupational pension arrangement from 2012 onwards, industry professionals face the...
Policies to limit demand, increase productivity or up the use of private money in healthcare should be seriously considered while there is still time, according to a new report by the Institute of...
Public sector workers are "desperately" holding onto their pension packages in the face of ever-decreasing morale levels, according to a new study by recruitment consultants, Badenoch & Clark.
