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More that one in three workers (35 per cent) have continued to work while unwell during lockdown according to a new research by Canada Life.  The survey found that almost half of...

Transaction costs make up to 37 per cent of a pension scheme’s costs, with the overall total cost of ownership (TCO) for UK schemes standing at on average 70bps, according to governance...

Following Rishi Sunak’s first budget statement on 11 March 2020, the claim allowance was raised to £6 per week to cover household bills incurred while working remotely – effective from 6 April 2020....

Pension scheme chair’s statements should be required by law to include reference to the quality of their data say independent data consultants, ITM. Responding to the PLSA’s publication of a new template...

Building default investment options for defined contribution (DC) members is really the art of creating a process that will allow asset allocations to change over time, reflecting the changing needs of members...

Mercifully, the fact that group risk providers don’t pay different rates of commission spares us from the brouhaha so prevalent in the private medical insurance (PMI) field, where commission rates can differ significantly...

Reports of the death of pensions tax relief have, like Mark Twain nearly wrote, been much exaggerated. I’m more guilty than most, given I’ve written a lot of those reports, inevitably on...

As you read this, we will be entering the third month of a crisis that none of us could have anticipated when we ushered in 2020. In every way possible, the COVID-19...

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association has launched a new forum to seek views on how the retirement savings sector can address climate risk.  The PLSA is inviting pension schemes, the wider...

Aviva Master Trust has appointed Elizabeth Renshaw-Ames as its new chair of the board of trustees.  The previous chair, Colin Richardson, will remain as a trustee. Aviva also announced is has also appointed...