Tag Archives: Policy
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‘UK must be best place to start and grow business’
Newly-appointed Business Minister Michael Fallon pledges to abolish red tape and free up UK companies seeking growth
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Is reducing risk too costly?
Soaring deficits on defined benefit pensions may have made offloading liabilities more expensive, but there are still ways schemes can reduce risk, writes John Greenwood
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Grasping pensions ‘nettle’
Otto Thoresen, director general of the Association of British Insurers, surveys the pensions landscape and stresses the need for greater retirement savings
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A catalyst for change
Pensions Minister Steve Webb pledges to introduce the automatic transfer of pension pots when people move jobs and warns he will clamp down on excessive charges
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Business embraces climate risks
Climate change, mandatory reporting and investor scrutiny create new challenges for companies, as Mike Scott reports
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Carbon is new investment metric
Felicia Jackson examines the impact carbon reporting and Government targets for reducing CO2 emissions will have on investment strategy
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Putting energy into management
While it may seem a good use of time just to concentrate on projects which deliver immediate savings, in reality a longer-term, structured approach will pay greater dividends, says Alan Aldridge, executive director of the Energy Services and Technology Association (ESTA)
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Investors need more clarity to be certain of a return
With growing tension between climate and energy goals at the heart of government, is the Coalition delivering on promises of being the greenest administration ever? Felicia Jackson reports