Economy

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....

The Government’s Taskforce on Social Factors (TSF) has made 30 recommendations on the how  UK pension schemes can better incorporate social factors into their investment decisions.  These proposals, contained in a guide,...

Only the poorest pensioners stand will see the full benefit of the 8.5 per cent increase in the state pension  expected next year, under the terms of the triple lock. This should...

Wages are outstripping inflation, with the today CPI data from the ONS showing prices rising at 6.7 per cent year-on-year in September. This means that pensioners look set for an inflation-busting pay...

SPONSORED CONTENT Dr Tarun Gupta, Chief Medical Officer, UK Protection, Legal & General Retail, says further discussion is needed around how we can help employers balance supporting an individual with reimagining work...

Today’s ONS figures confirm that the state pension should rise by 8.5 per cent next year. The ONS published provisional figures in September for the average earnings rise between May to July...