The Financial Reporting Council’s ESG and Climate Group has published a new guide designed to help companies collect better ESG data and use it more effectively. The report said it is clear...
Inflation in the UK could hit 18.6 per cent by the start of next year, according to the latest economic forecasts from US bank Citi. This is significantly higher than the Bank...
Employers place a greater importance on adopting responsible pension investment strategies than their employees, according to new research from Aviva. Its research found that eight out of 10 employers think it is...
Almost one in 10 people (7 per cent) are planning to reduce workplace pension contributions to help them cope with the rising cost of living. This research from Barnett Waddingham suggests that...
Last year saw a 70 per cent increase in profit warnings from companies with defined benefit pension schemes, according to new figures from accountants EY-Parthenon. This latest analysis shows that there were...
Public opinion is not broadly supportive of government plans to encourage pension schemes to invest in assets, infrastructure or projects to boost the UK economy, preferring a focus on pure investment returns....
Rishi Sunak is the only candidate in the race to become the next Conservative leader and prime minister to unequivocally support current plans for the UK to be net zero for carbon...
Pensions minister Guy Opperman will establish a minister-led taskforce to identify “reliable data and metrics” to help schemes take social issues into account when investing members' money. This government response follows a...
Deforestation is a bigger concern for many pension savers than climate change, and a significant number want schemes to be doing more to tackle this issue. Research among pension savers aged 40...
Raising the state pension age from 65 to 66 has resulted in around 100,000 people ending up in poverty according to a new study by the Institute of Fiscal Studies. This is...
