All articles by Employee Benefits – Page 120
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Digital HR: Three trends you can’t avoid
by Pete Craghill, CTO at Thomsons Online BenefitsAt the start of the year Bersin by Deloitte Predictions for 2016, highlighted that digital life is “forcing us to rethink HR from top to bottom”. However, recent research has found that few HR professionals make the most of the technology available to ...
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Bristol employment law seminar
2016 has been a turbulent political year so far, and with the dust now settling on the EU referendum result it is time for employers to start preparations for the post-Brexit economy, together with the more mundane – but no less important – everyday challenges of the UK business world.To ...
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Planning an incentive scheme for Christmas
We all know that good staff are the lifeblood of any business. We also know that Christmas is a great time to unwind and relax with your hardworking colleagues to give thanks for the toil of the last 12 months.While bespoke presents take a little more time to source and ...
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Treasury pensions dashboard prototype has limitations
The Treasury has recently announced its plans to build a pensions dashboard prototype that will let savers see all their pension pots in one place by March 2017.Jonathan Watts-Lay, director, Wealth at Work, says: “Anything that helps people to understand what pension savings they have is a good thing. However, ...
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Pension freedoms drive financial education
Financial education in the workplace is increasingly becoming a part of the employee benefits landscape in the UK. There have been many drivers behind the rise and rise of this benefit option, but perhaps the pivotal moment came with the announcement of pension freedoms in 2014.Fundamentally, pension freedoms was a ...
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Show me the money – earnings are central to performance in Europe
Equity markets globally currently remain vulnerable to sharp shifts in sentiment caused by either unexpected or unwelcome outcomes in key upcoming political events (the US and German elections, Brexit and the Italian referendum). These top-down influences, combined with the current low global growth environment, will likely lead to broadly directionless ...
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Frexit & contagion risk in Europe
Many commentators have suggested the UK’s exit from the European Union will trigger a domino effect, leading to its eventual break-up. Neptune Head of European Equities Rob Burnett discusses the likelihood of this happening.Click here to read moreImportant informationInvestment risksNeptune funds may have a high historic volatility rating and past ...
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Artemis Monthly Distribution: Maintaining an optimum yield is the priority
James Foster, manager of the Artemis Monthly Distribution Fund, discusses the delicate balance between too much yield (and attendant risk) and too little.Click here to read article
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Artemis European Opportunities: Companies that can thrive ...
Amid stuttering growth and political uncertainty, we look for companies that should thrive regardless, Mark Page, manager of Artemis European Opportunities Fund, tells Ross Leckie.Clear here to read article
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Johnson Fleming shortlisted in Financial Education Provider of the Year category
Johnson Fleming has been shortlisted in the Financial Education Provider of the Year category at The Pensions Insight DC Awards.Marketing manager Caroline Hope said: “We are incredibly proud to be shortlisted; it reflects the commitment and excellent service our team consistently provides our clients.“Our goal is to help our clients ...
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Update: Pensions Dashboard
Despite the political turmoil of the past few months it appears that Whitehall and Westminster are still pressing ahead with some of the items of government business announced prior to the EU referendum.One such area is the proposed 'Pensions Dashboard', which was first announced as part of the Spring 2016 ...
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An employee benefit or an employee burden?
When you have taken the time to design an employee benefits package to help you attract and retain high quality individuals, the last thing you want is for one of your employee benefits to become an employee burden.Lump Sum Life Assurance is one of the most common employee benefits in ...
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Johnson Fleming joins National Customer Service Week
National Customer Service Week on 3-7 October, led by The Institute of Customer Service, provides a week-long opportunity to raise awareness of commitment to customer service and the vital role it plays in business.Celebrating National Customer Service Week further benefits Johnson Fleming by:Raising the profile of customer service internally;Recognising the ...
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Investing in a time of negative real interest rates
Interest rates are low. Bond yields, in some economies, are at negative levels. Simon Edelsten, manager of the Artemis Global Select fund, analyses which assets investors should now consider.Click here to view full article
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Free pension workshops for local businesses
Up to half-a-million small businesses have been told by the Pensions Regulator they must set up a workplace pension; if they don’t, they face a minimum penalty of £400. Leaving it too late means there will not be enough time for employers to meet their staging date.On 15 September Johnson ...
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Rises in Insurance Premium Tax
Mark Donaldson, protection, health and wellbeing customer service manager, Johnson FlemingA rise in the standard Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) rate from 6 to 9.5 per cent came into effect on 1 November 2015. With effect from 1 October 2016, IPT is set to increase again from 9.5 to 10 per ...
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Webinar explores the creation of a positive approach to mental health
Brits are 10 times more likely to talk to an employer about their physical health, compared to mental health issues and more than 40 per cent of employees working in larger-sized companies believe their employers don’t take mental ill health seriously. Mental ill health is a growing problem for UK ...
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2017 and the savings landscape…
Anyone who is involved in the world of workplace savings will recognise that the last few months have been rather interesting to say the least.At the start of the year both employers and the pensions industry were braced for major changes to UK pension tax reliefs in the March Budget. ...
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Accessing defined contribution (DC) schemes and how to ‘decumulate’
Maybe not as frightening as coming face to face with the Daleks but the problem of how employees access their defined contribution (DC) pension schemes and ‘decumulate’ seems to be growing and exercising a lot of capable minds in the pensions world.With income drawdown on the increase (now the most ...
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Understanding retirement income options: as easy as it seems?
by Jonathan Watts-Lay, Director, WEALTH at workLast week I was talking to a colleague, a keen cyclist, about the impact of financial education and guidance on members’ retirement outcomes.He said there were many parallels between his take-up of cycling, and becoming a competent cyclist, and what we do for employees ...