Economy

The letter - signed by Bupa’s chief executive Alex Perry, Axa PPP’s chief executive Keith Gibbs, Aviva chief executive of global health Mark Noble and Vitality UK chief executive Neville Koopowitz -...

Lloyds Banking Group and Schroders have joined forced to create a new wealth management group. This joint venture allows Lloyds to access Schroders investment management expertise, while giving the fund manager access...

Pensioners will receive an above average increase to the state pension in April. This follows the announcement by the Office of National Statistics that inflation (as measured by the Consumer Price Index)...

Increases in life expectancy have stalled, for the first time since 1982, when the Office of National Statistics began compiling this data. The ONS figures show that life expectancy at the age...

BlackRock’s Global Insurance Report found that 83 per cent of insurers said ESG factors were becoming increasingly important to their firm, with a particular focus on this issue from European firms. A...

The IA has issued a public warning, urging politicians to conclude a Brexit deal by March. These comments come as new figures from the IA show that UK asset management industry grew...

Dhar (pictured above) joins from the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He will start in the newly created role of chief economist on October 1. Dhar will be responsible for conducting research...

Think tank ResPublica has proposed various initiatives to drive down borrowing costs and improve credit scores for those on low and medium incomes. ResPublica also calls for employer to offer more savings...

The Centre for Policy Studies said the OBR’s figures showed that ‘sluggish is the new normal’, with no return to the above-2 per cent returns to which the UK had been used....