Uncertainty remains the dominant theme for professional fund selectors in 2024, with escalating global tensions, low expectations for economic growth and a higher interest rate environment weighing on sentiment. Natixis IM’s global...
Retired pensioners will now need to find an additional £8,000 a year to enjoy a ‘moderate’ standard of living according to the revised Retirement Living Standards (RLS) published by the Pensions and...
Member engagement has always been important, could you summarise why it’s arguably even more important now than ever? With the last few years being one of the toughest economic climates in decades...
The UK pensions landscape is at a pivotal moment. The Mansion House reforms announced earlier this year are set to usher in a move towards higher-yield, unlisted private assets, while policy initiatives...
For yet another winter, Britain faces the prospect of only a partially operating health service at the most critical time of year. The issue – as usual – is pay. But might pensions...
The earnings trigger for auto-enrolment payments will remain at £10,000 for the 2024/2025 tax year, the Government has confirmed. The Department of Work and Pensions said that although this threshold had been...
Isio has been named as investment adviser to the Scottish Widows Master Trust as its investment adviser, replacing Barnett Waddingham which was its adviser last year. Selected by the trustees through a...
Healthcare insurance broker Solutions Healthcare has joined Towergate Health & Protection. This comes after Glasgow-based Solutions Healthcare was acquired by Ardonagh Advisory. Towergate Health & Protection is owned by the wider Ardonagh...
The DWP’s recently published regulations on the funding of defined benefit pension schemes are an improvement on the first draft, but still represent a missed opportunity. This latest version of the regulations...
Vocational rehabilitation and cancer support services have helped three out of four employees with long-term health problems return to work. Research from Working To Wellbeing found that this rehab services can be...
