by John Martin (Please contact John on 01481 728432 or email john.martin@bwcigroup.com if you wish to discuss this article or anything relating to secondary pensions). After 10 years in the making, secondary pensions have been approved by our deputies at the November...
BWCI is encouraging employers not to delay their workplace pension arrangements, after the States agreed proposals for the biggest transformation to retirement savings the island has ever seen. At their meeting today politicians approved the secondary pensions...
Bandwagon I3 2022 ‘Mind the Gap’ PDF Article By Lilyanne Guille at BWCI “Gender pay analysis can help organisations to identify issues and future opportunities” Gender Pay Gap Gender pay analysis calculates the difference between the average...
Guernsey Secondary Pensions Update PDF Article By Michelle Galpin at BWCI A draft of the Secondary Pensions Law¹ was published on 3 October. This sets out some helpful details for employers planning what action they need to take to prepare for the introduction of...
Working life has changed and the old expectation of a ‘job for life’ doesn’t really exist anymore. In fact, it is estimated that the average worker nowadays will have 11 jobs over their career. This shift has meant that it is much more common for people to have...
Pensions used to be complicated, but changing technology is making planning for retirement increasingly simple. There are apps to manage your banking, shopping, fitness goals, and romantic aspirations – so it makes sense that you should also be able to manage your...
Don’t worry this isn’t an article with lots of tut-tutting about starting a pension late in life. It’s not unusual nowadays for people to begin building their pension egg in their 40s and 50s. Young people are experiencing lots of financial pressures, such as paying...
BWCI is pleased to announce a total of twelve staff promotions from 1 July 2022 in our offices in both Guernsey and Jersey. Guernsey Team: Back row (left to right) – Oliver Shrigley, Erin Bisson, Samantha Bisson, Luke Richards Front row – Lily Guille,...
By Carl Stanford at BWCI “the UK is ranked in the top three national issuers of green bonds” What are Green Gilts? “Green gilts”, a new classification of UK government bonds (“gilts”) were launched towards the end of 2021. This latest form of government...
By Mark Colton at BWCI “This measure can be used for asset classes other than equities” My previous article, in the last edition of Bandwagon, set out the case for taking investment action in the face of climate change. However it was silent on...
