All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 835
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ArticleEmployers need to do more for employee health
Employers need to do more for the health and wellbeing of their workforce, and the upcoming Employee Benefits Post-Election special briefing will help HR and benefits professionals to anticipate the forthcoming likely changes to this agenda under the Conservative government, according to expert panellist Katharine Moxham, spokesperson at industry body ...
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Article10 - Interactive - People Moves: CNA Insurance recruits Masterton
Roland Masterton has moved to CNA Insurance to take up the role of compensation and benefits specialist.His previous positions include compensation and benefits analyst at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, group reward specialist at Aspen Re and international reward manager at The Body Shop.
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Buck Consultants at Xerox launches pension platform for employers
John Deacon, head of corporate solutions, said: “Individuals in DC schemes now have more choice than ever on how and when they take their retirement savings. It’s essential that employers are offering a means for employees to really engage with their retirement planning throughout their working life and take advantage ...
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OpinionRob's reward: Pension freedoms, long may they remain
Speaking to a few providers, it seems that the initial rush of calls has subsided and some semblance of calm is slowly being restored.Before the reforms came into effect, some first feared that there would be a rush of people taking their cash in full to spend on a new ...
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ArticleWB Power Services implements new eyecare benefit
EXCLUSIVE: WB Power Services has introduced eyecare e-vouchers for its 41 members of staff.The supplier of temporary and back-up power solutions already provides safety eyewear for its engineers, and will be offering optical care e-vouchers as an additional extra.This new benefit, provided by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare, will be available to ...
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Article70% of expats do not understand pension freedoms
Almost three-quarters (70%) of British expats do not understand the new pension flexibilities, according to research by financial advice firm AES International.The survey of 170 expatriates found that of the 30% who do understand the pension freedoms, just 6% know how it will affect how they plan to fund their ...
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ArticleHoliday buy and sell receive highest take up in flex
EXCLUSIVE: Holiday buy and sell, critical illness cover and travel insurance are among the benefits with the highest take up in flexible benefits, according to research by benefits consultancy and technology provider Vebnet. The research, which is from 52 employer clients across five different industry sectors that have a total ...
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ArticleLidl and McDonald's shortlisted for motivational benefits
Lidl, McDonald’s Restaurants and MEC UK are among the employers shortlisted for the award ‘Most motivational benefits’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2015.This award recognises employers that have put in place a successful motivation strategy that uses either incentives or motivational rewards to help drive employee performance, engagement or retention.The ...
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ArticlePrison guards form dance troupe to attract staff
Something for the weekend…Attracting and retaining talent is one of the many strategic business aims behind offering employees a benefits package.But perhaps employers only have to form a dance troupe to achieve this goal.One firm in Japan has done just that, with five female prison officers going above and beyond ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read stories between 29 May-4 June on employeebenefits.co.uk:1. Age UK uses benefits to extend working lives2. How employers can support the transforming nature of employees3. Debra Stephenson to host Employee Benefits Awards4. Arco and Halfords shortlisted for voluntary benefits5. Benefits suitable for the Starship Enterprise6. Employers ...
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ArticleEmployee engagement reaches three-year high
Employee engagement is at a three-year high with 39% of staff currently engaged in the workplace, according to a study from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).The engagement figures in its Employee outlook 2015 survey, which had 2,226 employee respondents, showed a significant improvement from 2014 (38%) and ...
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The good old days
While there are exceptions, the UK, along with most of its trading partners, appears to have moved past the eye of the global economic recession storm. While most countries’ economies are now recovering, the rate of recovery is slow and not expected to speed up significantly any time soon. With ...
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ArticleCeridian launches reward and recognition platform
Payroll and HR software provider Ceridian, has launched an employee reward and recognition platform.It has partnerned with provider WorkAngel to offer staff a mobile-first technology platform to offer staff discounts, an inter-company private social network and real-time recognition and reward.The partnership also means the platform will be integrated into Ceridian’s ...
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ArticleEvidera achieves cost-neutral flexible benefits scheme
EXCLUSIVE: Evidera has achieved a cost-neutral flexible benefits scheme in the first 10 months of launch after £100,000 worth of investment. The pharmaceutical consulting organisation, which has more than 110 employees, has also saved a total of £8,184 on benefits costs pre-flex versus post-flex costs of £105,131 a year to ...
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Emerging Markets: Some are more vulnerable than others (Economic Insight)
By Paul Diggle, Economist — Investment Solutions, AberdeenWhich emerging markets (EMs) are most at risk from a strong US dollar? The simple answer is those that are highly indebted, are commodity dependent and have inflation problems. Russia, Brazil, Malaysia and Turkey are among the most vulnerable on these measures, although ...
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Large-cap growth alpha thesis: seeking risk-adjusted excess returns
By Aziz V Hamzaogullari, CFA, Large Cap Growth Portfolio Manager, and Hollie C Briggs, CFA, Large Cap Growth Product ManagerFor mutual fund investors and managers of large pensions or endowments, a major challenge is to identify those portfolio managers who are most likely to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns in the ...
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Loomis Sayles US Equity Leaders Fund: concentrated on high-quality growth stocks
Click link to view full videoPortfolio manager Aziz Hamzaogullari talks about the unique style he brings to growth investing, shares examples of companies that meet his growth criteria and explains the importance of fundamental research in a concentrated fund.
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Europe outlook: Greek gridlock and Italian banks
By Rob Burnett, Investment Director, Head of European EquitiesAs investors await a resolution of Greece’s repayment difficulties, we anticipate a period of consolidation in the European market over the next few weeks. Our base case is that the Greek government and the European Central Bank (ECB) will come to a ...
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Case Studies
Santander communicates through defined benefit pension changes
The banking firm closed its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme in 2002 to new hires although the scheme still has some 5,000 employee members.Its objective was to manage and reduce the scheme’s financial risk to the bank. Instead of closing to future accrual, it took the decision to implement a ...
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The luck of the Irish (Investment Insight)
By Richard Dunbar, Investment Solutions, AberdeenIn October 1997, McInerney Holdings plc debuted on the Irish bourse. With a prospectus boasting of strong demand for Irish housing, rising employment and favourable demographics, what could possibly go wrong?Well a few years later we found out, in a letter to shareholders detailing the ...