Economy

The Covid-19 pandemic has focused people’s minds on their retirement plans, with an increase in people wanting to give up work, and work for longer. New research has found there has been...

The UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has launched a new three-year strategy. This network of international investors says this latest is part of its 10-year blueprint to encourage more responsible investment...

The trustees of several major UK DB pension schemes have demanded a judicial review of government plans to replace the Retail Prices Index (RPI) with housing cost-based Consumer Prices Index (CPIH) as...

The industry’s fear of taking responsibility for financial advice is leaving employees taking non-advised guidance journeys that are often leading them to the wrong destination. This was the subject of debate at...

How big a difference is there between guidance and full financial advice? Guidance is better than nothing and can help inform, educate and raise awareness. But it is nowhere near as effective...

Mental ill-health is often perceived as a personal struggle, left at the door when employees arrive for work. But 300,000 people with long-term mental ill health lose their jobs each year, due...

Infrastructure investment is beneficial for the development of society and helps to improve people’s quality of life, but it can also help generate stable, inflation-linked investment returns for defined contribution (DC) pension funds....

A recent report by the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) reported that individuals with common mental health conditions have a typical yearly income of £8,400 less than the rest of...

At the beginning of March Royal London pulled off a major coup with the acquisition of automated advice provider Wealth Wizards. The capability of the Wealth Wizards tool goes far beyond what...

Tesla’s announcement in a SEC filing on Monday 8 February 2021 that it had bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin - described by some as digital gold - was quickly followed by...