Economy

Global leaders and business chiefs were warned that the rate at which society is ageing is rapidly increasing, with 2.1bn people set to be aged 60 or over by 2050.  This is...

The majority of people in the UK are feeling positive about their finances for 2024, with optimism the cost of living crisis is starting to abate.  The research by Aegon found over...

The growing number of retirement renters is the biggest threat to retirement adequacy in the UK, with millions of tenants having no chance of saving enough to pay their landlord out of...

The UK Government has pledged almost £500m of climate finance aid to developing countries at the 'Finance Day' at COP28 today. It says this is part of a wider £1.6bn climate aid...

More than two-thirds of pension funds now have net zero commitments in place, according to the latest data fro the Pensions and Lifetimes Savings Association — a significant rise over the past...

The Chancellor has confirmed that the State Pension will be fully uprated in line with the triple lock which will see a 8.5 per cent uplift to payments in April next year....

Jeremy Hunt is expected to make radical changes to workplace pensions in the UK, by allowing employees to nominate which scheme their employer pays into.  The Financial Times has reported that these...

The strength of the consultancy sector can been seen in Barnett Waddingham’s annual results which show organic growth of over 20 per cent.  One of the biggest areas of growth was via...

Interest rate rises have caused a significant year-on-year drop in the number of equity release products sold, although there are some signs of modest recovery. Figures published by the Equity Release Council...

More than nine out of 10 DB schemes have seen their asset base reduce as a result of falling bond prices and last year's LDI funding crisis according to new research from PwC....