Pensions and Benefits Show

Professional Pensions is pleased to announce the launch of Professional Pensions Live – the new name for Pensions and Benefits UK.

The financial sector is in prime position to lobby policy-makers but often misses a trick. Rachel Dalton explores

At the PB Show, three consultants stood ‘in the dock’ to defend against allegations of overcharging. Taha Lokhandwala reports

Naomi Rainey looks at McDonald’s' auto-enrolment journey

Last week actuary Hamish Wilson upset plenty of people when he referred to pensions professionals as ‘parasites'.

Do providers offer value for money? Jonathan Stapleton passes judgment

Asset-backed funding arrangements are a "house of cards" that could run counter to European law banning schemes from making employer-related investments, says a lawyer.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has warned that the £630m levy paid by schemes to fund the organisation is likely to rise by an average of approximately 10% in September.

Contract-based defined contribution (DC) providers are likely to be given a fiduciary duty similar to that of trustees, Punter Southall principal Alan Morahan says.

There is a strong link between companies being paternalistic and wanting to administer their pension schemes in-house, Tesco corporate pension manager Karen Wake says.