Schroders now manages more than £500m in assets across 10 defined benefit schemes through Enplan, the consolidation platform developed by Entrust and Isio. The milestone comes 18 months after Schroders joined as...
Retirement fintech platform Freedom has named Damian Stancombe as its chief executive officer. Stancombe was previously a partner at Barnett Waddingham and is the founder of 60 Paydays to Retirement, a financial...
DB schemes need to reassess their endgame plans due to recent industry and legislative changes, according to Hymans Robertson. The firm's 'Excellence in Endgames State of the Nation' paper outlines how the...
Older homeowners unlocked £636 million in property wealth in Q2 2025, a 10 per cent increase from £578 million in Q2 2024, according to the Equity Release Council. The rise was driven...
SPONSORED CONTENT As part of our ongoing series aimed at dispelling common pension misconceptions, it’s time to challenge the traditional notion of retirement as a fairytale ending, where everyone sails off into...
MetLife UK has expanded access to its Life and Legacy services to include employees’ parents and in-laws under its group life policies. The move is in partnership with funeral planning provider Everest,...
The value of DB transfers have increased for the first time this year according to data from XPS Group. Its transfer value index increased to a month-end value of £141,000 on June,...
Government, regulators and major pension providers have launched the ‘Pound for Pound’ initiative, a pilot designed to test value-based metrics ahead of the forthcoming Value for Money framework. The initiative was unveiled...
XPS Group's trading solution, Xchange, has facilitated over £330 million worth of deals for pension schemes trading illiquid assets on the secondary market. XPS has been helping schemes trade these types of...
The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has launched a £1 million programme aimed at tackling the decline in new entrants to the financial advice profession. The three-year initiative called Pathway to the Profession...
