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Smart has appointed Eve Read as senior director of strategic delivery. Read will be in charge of the company's UK proposal team as it adds additional capabilities to the Smart Pension Master...

The new Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, has confirmed the Tory reversal on the National Insurance (NI) 1.25 percentage point hike from November 6. Rishi Sunak previously raised the primary NI payment threshold, which...

The Bank of England increased its benchmark interest rate by 0.5 per cent to 2.25 per cent following a non-unanimous decision in which three policymakers supported an increase of 0.75 percentage points....

Schroders Capital’s real estate team has appointed Peter Lowe as a senior fund manager in the UK, responsible for the Scottish Widows funds that total around £4bn.  Lowe will oversee fund performance...

Beckett Financial Services is the latest company to become a member of the group risk industry body Grid. The firm recently achieved the prestigious B-Corp which shows it is meeting high standards...

Alex Burghart has been appointed as the parliamentary under secretary of state in the Department of Work and Pensions. It is  expected he will take on the role of the new pensions...

Isio has appointed three new partners as it continues to expand its advisory offering. Richard Birkin, Andrew Craig and Calum Brunton Smith have all been promoted and will each take on specific...

Almost seven out of 10 lower-income earners who have a workplace pension say they cannot afford to make further contributions due to rising living costs.  This research, by Legal & General Investment...

XPS Pensions Group has acquired the entire issued share capital of corporate finance and covenant advisor to UK pension funds, Penfida Limited, for a total cash consideration of £11.6m. The acquisition will...

Cigna Europe has appointed Dr Anne Lepetit to the role of medical director. Lepetit, who has joined the company's senior leadership team, is in charge of developing and carrying out a clinical...