Richard Branson may only be the 234th richest person on the planet yet an independent Sydney radio station is looking to him as the potential source of its own economic stimulus plan.

FBI radio is calling on listeners to make an…

News that global insurance and consulting firm, Aon, and the UK insurer, Aviva, have reined in their staff pension contributions is another blow the UK’s battered pensions industry.

These two companies are high-profile examples of a widespread trend for employers to…

The pension buyout market in the UK has the potential for staggering future growth with an estimated £1.3 trillion held in defined benefit (DB) liabilities against £8bn of buyout business being written in 2008.

The surface has only just been scratched…

Unemployment is having a bigger impact on a larger proportion of the population than the official jobless rates would suggest.

CoreData research reveals 10 per cent of households have been affected by unemployment over the past three months due to household members losing their jobs, yet official numbers of…

An increased number of Australian retail bank customers are unlikely to recommend their banks to friends and family.

More than half of bank customers (50.7% up from 46.6%) would not recommend their primary bank to loved ones according to the latest…

The recent extreme stock market volatility and failures of major financial institutions could be the final blow for the UK’s defined benefit (DB) pension funds.

DB pension schemes are already an endangered species, at least in the private sector, with the…