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The planned ban on contingent charging for pension transfers is due to come into force early next year yet the FCA has other significant measures up its regulatory sleeve. Six months after the...

Nick McMenemy is Mercer Marsh Benefits new consulting leader for London and the South East, and will head up the company’s large corporate clients consulting teams for the region.  McMenemy has worked...

If advisers were asked to name those investment strategies which have been “on trend” over the past five years, then factor-based investing would almost certainly feature. Asset management groups have been serving up...

Two new studies have shown there continues to be an increase in assets flowing into ‘sustainable’ portfolios, which are managed using environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles alongside traditional financial metrics. In...

Latest figures from the Pensions Regulator’s annual report show there remain some concerns about employers meeting their auto-enrolment duties.  However, these findings come against a more positive broader picture, which show AE...

With stigmas around mental health evaporating, more employees feel comfortable talking about their own problems in the workplace. While this is a major step forward, there’s still plenty of uncertainty around how...

‘Revolution’ is a dramatic word. But it’s hard to think of a better way to describe the last 10 years in pensions. We have seen the number of DC savers increase from...

SPONSORED CONTENT When the $1 trillion Norwegian government sovereign fund lost almost a quarter of its value in the financial crisis, it turned not to passive managers but to factor funds. The...

Improving employee wellbeing is the top benefits priority for UK employers, ahead of work policies and inclusion policies, according to research from Willis Towers Watson. The consultancy’s 2019 Benefits Trends Survey found...

Broadstone has bought Bristol-based pension and actuarial firm BBS Consultants and Actuaries, its fourth acquisition in 2019. The acquisition follows the purchases of Liverpool-based CS Financial Solutions, Thomson Dickson Consulting in Glasgow and the London-based 3HR Benefits...