Economy

Rishi Sunak has rowed back on earlier climate commitments, by delaying a ban on new petrol and diesel cars, and saying households will be given more time to switch from gas boilers to...

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) will now offer pass-through voting, via Tumelo, to its clients. LGIM is the UK first major asset manager to offer this technology in the UK, which...

The state pension is likely to be worth just over £11,500 from next April, after a higher-than-expected 8.5 per cent rise in average earnings. It is widely expected that this will be...

Problems in the investment trust market are causing difficulties for many UK pensions schemes and could make it harder to meet government objectives to increase investments into infrastructure and private equity to...

More than one in five people have stopped or cut back pension contributions as a result of the cost-of-living crisis according to new figures. The research, by Hargreaves Lansdown, found 14 per...

In today's mini-reshuffle the Prime Minister has reiterated that net zero ambitions will continue to be a priority for his government.  Claire Coutinho has been appointed as the new secretary of state...

There has been a sharp growth in the number of working age people suffering from chronic health conditions, according to the latest ONS data.  Government figures show that over a third (36...

Actuaries should be looking to quantify and model the risks around biodiversity loss according to a new policy statement from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA).  The policy recognises the social,...

The government is on track to collect a record £7.9bn in inheritance taxes this year, as higher house prices and frozen IHT limits drag more families into this net.  Government figures for...

Investors can now invest more easily in productive finance assets since the introduction of the innovative Long-Term Asset Funds (LTAFs). These are regulated open-ended investment vehicles designed to enable investors such as...