All Supplier article articles – Page 167
-
Supplier article
Bond bubble: a most unhelpful analogy
By Brad Crombie, Global Head of Fixed Income, Aberdeen Asset ManagementFinancial bubbles have existed for only marginally less time than investment markets themselves. This is because our tendency to get excited and carried away causes them.There is, however, a serious risk of misusing the term 'bubble'. It metaphorically implies an ...
-
Supplier article
Buck Consultants launches the Global Vision pensions and benefits platform
David Piltz, head of trustee services at Buck Consultants at Xerox, said: “Trustees are faced with having to sift through an increasing array of documents, data and metrics, as well as regularly changing governance issues, while under pressure to make the right decisions for their employees.“Global vision presents trustees and ...
-
Supplier article
So what are savers doing with the new freedoms?
The timing of the event was significant, given that the new pension freedoms announced by the chancellor in March 2014 had just become fully available to many pension savers in the UK. As you will be aware, this rule change allows savers over age 55 to access their pension savings ...
-
Supplier article
Jelf Employee Benefits urges employers to act now in light of IPT increase
Employers considering providing private medical insurance (PMI) as a new employee benefit would be wise to do so before November 2015. This increase in tax cannot be avoided but taking action now will delay the impact for another year.Employers considering expanding an existing PMI scheme would be sensible to do ...
-
Supplier article
The July Budget: salary sacrifice
This was not mentioned in the Budget speech itself, but the following paragraph does appear in the supporting HM Treasury Summer Budget 2015 document:“Salary sacrifice arrangement can allow some employees and employers to reduce the income tax and National Insurance that they pay on remuneration. They are becoming increasingly popular ...
-
Supplier article
When will US rates rise?
By Felix Wintle, Investment Director & Head of US EquitiesThe most recent communication from Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has put the market’s sights on September as the most likely month for the first rate rise. This is due to the stronger than expected economic data of late, particularly in ...
-
Supplier article
Helping your most valuable asset to manage theirs
No one can deny that the freedoms are a welcome change from the previously rigid and stuffy world of retirement, but does free reign equal better results in retirement for your employees?Opportunities are plenty but so are the risksIn order to truly benefit from these reforms, individuals must be educated ...
-
Supplier article
Making pensions and benefits relevant
We wanted to take this opportunity to address the issue of engagement with pensions. Monumental changes to pensions rules means you’ve most likely been doing a lot to help your employees approaching retirement with their planning, maybe even providing them with some education. But what about your other employees? Doesn’t ...
-
Supplier article
Health Shield’s Clare Bond competes with Team GB Cycling Team
A recipient of a liver transplant in 2010, Clare will compete in both the 20k road race and time trial events. Clare has previously competed in the British Transplant Games, achieving silver medals in the 400m and 800m track events, as well as the 10k women’s road race. This is ...
-
Supplier article
Finding value in UK equities
By Mark Martin, Investment Director & Head of UK EquitiesRegister for a live update on 9 July at 14.30 with Mark Martin, who will be discussing Chancellor George Osborne’s ‘emergency’ summer budget, the UK equity landscape post May’s General Election and his outlook for the second half of 2015. Mark ...
-
Supplier article
Birthstar launches CPD Research Series
Birthstar, a research and advisory firm for asset managers and intermediaries, has launched a CPD research series on rethinking retirement. The research is designed to help advisers navigate the new pension freedoms with their clients.The series is designed to assist with the theory and practice underpinning retirement planning from both ...
-
Supplier article
Fit For Work rollout continues…
As you can see on their rollout map, the service is now much more widely available than the initial areas of Sheffield and North Wales. The service is now available in large areas of eastern England, south-east England and much of Wales. So a definite step forward there.That’s the good ...
-
Supplier article
Time to diversify
By Mike Brooks, Senior Investment Manager, Investment Solutions, Aberdeen Asset ManagementIn the eyes of many investors, bonds and equities enjoy a domestic relationship much like the man and woman in a traditional Alpine weather house. The female figure comes out with a sunshade when it’s dry, while the man comes ...
-
Supplier article
The 175 quadrillion dollar (Investment Insight)
By Richard Dunbar, Investment Solutions, Aberdeen Asset ManagementFor the past few years, I’ve had on my desk a 10 trillion dollar note from Zimbabwe. I’ve used it in presentations, along with notes with similar numbers of zeros from Germany in the 1920s, to demonstrate what debasement of a currency really ...
-
Supplier article
UK fiscal policy: Bad debts (Economic Insight)
By Lucy O’Carroll, Chief Economist - Investment Solutions, Aberdeen Asset ManagementPublic debt burdens are now higher in many of the advanced economies than they have been for 40 years. This may not be much of a surprise following a financial crisis in which government revenues fell and welfare spending and ...
-
Supplier article
Johnson Fleming's fundraising challenge for CLIC Sargent
They provide clinical, practical, financial and emotional support to help them cope with cancer and get the most out of life.To support CLIC Sargent, the whole company is having a fundraising challenge on Friday 10 July, 12pm–5pm. Staff have been split into eight teams, each with the goal of raising ...
-
Supplier article
The Rubik’s Cube: China’s policy trilemma
By Douglas Turnbull, Investment Director, Head of Chinese EquitiesChina faces a 'Rubik’s Cube' policy trilemma, whereby it needs to sustain a minimum acceptable level of growth, deal with issues such as overcapacity and reform the financial system to make it a far more efficient allocator of capital. Given the contradictory ...
-
Supplier article
Government's ‘fit note’ fails to deliver five years on
43 per cent of employers say ‘fit note’ not aiding employee return to workMore companies saying the quality of GP advice on fitness for work has deterioratedInsufficient GP and medical professional training remains in use of ‘fit note’GPs and medical professionals not working closely enough with employersOnly low numbers of ...
-
Supplier article
Financial education for all
This is the first academic year that financial education has been on the curriculum in schools. According to the Personal Finance Education Group (Pfeg), some teachers have even said that 11 years old is too late to start learning about money, and that children should learn money skills in primary ...
-
Supplier article
Real stories: Ian, 57, retired
For many people, retirement is about more than just stopping work – it’s a new, and exciting, stage in their lives. These short videos feature real people talking about retirement from their perspectives and explaining how they have been preparing for the challenges and opportunities ahead.Click here for video