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Almost half or 45 per cent of UK women over the age of 55 don’t feel supported by their workplace, according to research from workplace mental health solutions provider Unmind. According to...

Professional trustee firms have welcomed the Pensions Regulator's plans to enhance oversight, which aims to uphold high standards of professional conduct. But there is a call for the regulator to assess the...

The UK dropped out of the top 10 in the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index, now sitting at 11th place with a score of 71.6 while the Netherlands, Iceland, and Denmark...

Employers, especially those who contribute above the minimal auto-enrolment amounts, may be greatly impacted if National Insurance Contribution (NIC) pension assistance is removed, according to Hymans Robertson. According to Hymans Robertson, a...

With the change in Government and the focus on the large number of people currently unable to work through sickness, it is timely to look at how the group long-term disability income...

The role of bonds in pension systems is set to change. The significant allocation to bonds by pension funds has been a function of the large proportion of defined benefit (DB) funds...

The average proportion of women in the boardroom of Britain’s biggest businesses has declined to 32 per cent. According to Pipeline's Women Count study, the percentage of female CEOs in the FTSE...

Aon has launched the ‘Zone Framework’ to help pension schemes navigate funding improvements and expanded endgame options. According to Aon, many schemes now aim to "preserve and capitalise" on their improved positions,...

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new Value for Money (VFM) consultation for contract-based arrangements aims to achieve long-awaited consistency in measuring the effectiveness of all workplace DC pension schemes. While the overarching...

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has raised concerns about the FCA’s proposed Value for Money (VfM) framework, describing it as overly complex and potentially misleading for savers. It warned that...