Latest articles from James Redgrave

Public sector workers back auto-enrolment

Public sector workers are more inclined to back auto-enrolment and less likely to accept a later retirement age, new research shows

Aegon to close second business in cost-cutting drive

Aegon has added its Cheshire-based Trustee Solutions business to its list of planned closures

Aegon winds down employee benefits arm

Aegon Benefit Solutions has closed to new clients as Aegon looks to cut operating costs by 25%

Schemes up alternatives exposure

Pension schemes expect their alternatives portfolios to become a third of total assets in the next few years.

Regulator and PPF explore partial merger

The government has ordered the Pensions Regulator and Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to consider merging some functions as part of the public sector efficiency drive

Alexander Forbes takes first UK EBC steps

Alexander Forbes has been taken on by two FTSE 250 schemes to provide full actuarial and consulting services, the company’s first such clients in the UK

Government mulls tax relief cap and public sector Nest compulsion

The treasury is poised to abolish tax relief above 20% on pension contributions, a think tank with close ties to government has claimed

Industry believes in DB salvation

Government and regulator measures to protect final salary scheme members are the principle obstacle to resurrecting the defined benefit (DB) market, according to an industry poll

Six Lehmans subsidiaries hit with FSDs

The Pensions Regulator’s determinations panel has upheld six of the 44 financial support directions (FSD) sought against subsidiaries of Lehman Brothers

Hutton pledges public sector DB protection

John Hutton has promised trade unionists not to recommend the government completely scrap public sector final salary provision