The pensions industry gave a cautious welcome to comments by the Bank of England governor indicating support for looser regulations to enable DC schemes to invest in illiquid infrastructure and property assets....
Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing has launched a new redundancy support services for employers. This service offers practical advice and information, delivered by independent experts to help employers support employees who are...
The gender pension gap may be narrowing but the average woman would have to work beyond her 100th birthday to match the average men’s pension pot according to Scottish Widows’s latest Women...
The Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), a UN-supported international network of investors, has called a renewed focus on more sustainable investment strategies following Joe Biden’s win in the US presidential election. Congratulating...
Eight out of 10 savers have not made any changes to their pension, despite the financial problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to recent research. The People’s Pension found that 82...
Employee benefits provider Secondsight has launched a new digital platform for employers, offering support for staff whose roles have been made redundant. This is avaialble via its online portal Mybenefitsatwork. The platform...
New rules designed to protect company pension schemes could cost UK employers an extra £40bn over the next decade, according to new figures from LCP. The consultancy firm has conducted an impact...
Pensioners will see their state pension rise at five times the current rate of inflation next April, as the triple lock kicks into effect. The Office of National Statistics published inflation figures...
Covid-19 is exacerbating retirement insecurity across the globe and and is causing sustainability problems for the UK’s pension scheme. This was the conclusion from the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index which compares...
Traditionally, group risk benefits have been bought on the premise of staff attraction and retention. However, the coronavirus crisis has shifted this, with more emphasis now on retention and support services utilisation....
