Latest articles from James Redgrave

L&G goes toe-to-toe with Nest

Legal & General is bringing an occupational scheme design to market, aimed at competing with the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) for firms with high staff turnover

More schemes to sign Stewardship Code

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has received written promises from 25 schemes to sign up to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) code

Government backtracks on DB-DC transfer legislation

The government has performed a dramatic U-turn on its plans to ban transferring accrued benefits from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) schemes

Regulator to up DC focus next year

The Pensions Regulator will publish what it is calling a best practice "bible" for defined contribution (DC) schemes early next year.

2012 heralds FSA GPP charging crackdown

Group personal pension (GPP) providers face a post-2012 crackdown on charging members for transferring between schemes.

Fidelity plans to unveil corporate ISA in the new year

Fidelity is reviewing its platforms, with an eye to bringing a group version of the individual ISA on its retail fund supermarket to its defined contribution (DC) clients

Schemes tempted by gilt forward rates

Schemes are beginning to react to low gilt yields with complex derivative instruments called ‘forwards’, offering higher than current returns, but at future dates

Hutton faces scheme drop-out dilemma

Around 350,000 people are likely to opt out of public sector pension schemes if member contributions rise by the projected three percentage points

L&G introduces corporate cash ISA to FTSE firms

Legal & General (L&G) is introducing a raft of changes to its WorkSave employee benefits platform, including a corporate cash ISA

Policy review sees regulator drop staffing plans

The Pensions Regulator has made a U-turn on plans to hire 47 new staff by 2012 to ensure businesses make mandatory contributions to workplace schemes