26 February, 2018
Share buybacks: a question of governance?
The common practice of share buybacks is on the UK government’s agenda. In late January the department for business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS) annou...
15 January, 2018
Reported fraud in the UK soars to more than £2bn
The total value of fraud in the UK has risen by 538% to £2.11bn in the past 15 years, and was up by 6.5% in 2017 from £1.99bn in 2016, new research shows. The study by accountancy firm BDO LLP, ...
3 November, 2016
German pension reform to offer more certainty and flexibility to employers
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1 November, 2016
Insolvencies could be prevented, says pensions adviser
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31 October, 2016
Uber faced with £12m pensions bill
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7 September, 2015
Natural disasters could cost businesses $4.6trn
Based on original research by the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, Lloyd's City Risk Index shows how governments, businesses and communities are ...
2 September, 2015
Tesco forced to offer workers concessions
Earlier this year the supermarket said it would be closing its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme and would replace it with a defined contribution scheme. It has now been forced to increase the ma...
17 August, 2015
Pensions deficits exceed combined annual salary of UK workforce
Over the past 15 years, companies have injected £500bn into pensions—only to see deficits treble, according to pensions consultancy Hymans Robertson. The firm said that deficit levels have rise...
27 July, 2015
Insurer stress tests ‘do not go far enough’
The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) planned stress test of UK insurers does not go far enough, according to Hiscox chairman Robert Childs. The stress test is designed to allow the ...
27 July, 2015
