Barnett Waddingham has appointed Nick Websdell to be a senior risk and resilience consultant for the pensions consultancy. Websdell joins has almost 25 years experience working for the Co-operative Bank and wider...
Pension schemes are rapidly decarbonising — with seven out of 20 leading providers halving emissions in recent years, according to data from Corporate Advisers latest ESG in DC pensions report. This sector-wide...
The British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy is to investigate leading EAP provider Health Assured, following a BBC File on 4 programme, that claiming calls were not always handled appropriately. Health Assured...
How has ESG in pensions evolved in recent years? We have seen significant changes in the last five years. Initially ESG was primarily a risk management tool, aimed at identifying sectors and...
In just three years we’ve had the visceral shock of the pandemic, fears that warfare overseas could undermine domestic stability and, of course, the cost-of-living crisis. Expecting UK workers to prioritise their...
Annuity rates have edged upwards again, and are now just below the recent record high recorded in the wake of Liz Truss’s disastrous mini Budget. Annuity rates have risen over the past...
The scale and depth of mental health support now available to employees via group risk products is virtually unrecognisable from how it was only a few years ago. While employee assistance programmes...
Poor mental health cost UK employers a staggering £56 billion in 2020/21 according to Deloitte. And, with this representing a 25 per cent increase on its 2019 figures, there’s an urgent need...
Private equity deals could increase in the year ahead after a significant decline in activity in 2023, according to the latest report into this sector by Bain Capital. Its data shows that...
Only 18 per cent of those living in rented accommodation are on track for a ‘moderate’ retirement income, compared to 51 per cent of those who have bought their own homes, according...
