Economy

Inflation has risen in July, with prices rising 1 per cent year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics This is a significant increase on the 0.6 per...

Learning from other countries’ pension reforms is difficult to do as the political and economic context from which such systems emerge are often very different. This means that it is not usually...

Pension deficits have continued to rise during July, despite the economic lockdown easing, according to the latest data from Mercer. Its Pensions Risk Survey data shows the accounting deficit of the DB...

The Pension Schemes Bill has been approved in the House of Lords and will be taken through the House of Commons later this year.  There are a number of proposals in this...

The Public Accounts Committee has called for a review of pension tax relief, to ensure it is effective and providing value for money. This is part of a wider review into tax...

Pension savers in defined benefit schemes could lose up to 20 per cent of their income, if government reforms to the way inflation is calculated go ahead.  This stark warning comes from...

Older homeowners released £1.42bn of property wealth in the first half of 2020, despite the coronavirus pandemic hitting sales of equity release schemes. The latest figures from Key’s Equity Release Market Monitor...

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, we have been sharply confronted with the environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts that global capitalism – and its corollaries: trade and travel – has...

Is it possible to have just as good an interaction with a client via a virtual meeting as one in the same room as them? This was a hotly debated subject before...

Globally, experts are concerned many people could be sleepwalking into retirement poverty. The World Economic Forum highlighted that the gap between what people save and what is needed for an adequate standard...