BlackRock has expanded its multi-asset product range with the launch of a new ESG-focused strategic growth fund. BlackRock says this launch is in response to “growing appetite” among UK pension schemes for...
Two out of three employee benefit consultants would like to see more protection products for those working in the gig economy. A survey, by MetLife, found more than half of EBCs said...
Pension trustees are increasingly concerned about cyber-risks, the threat Brexit presents, and the prospect of a dramatic market correction, according to new research. Trustee and governance services provider PTL has published the results...
The data shows investment proposition is now even more influential than charges and efficiency of administration, with 66 per cent of consultants and advisers citing as one of the four most important...
In a landmark ruling the Supreme Court has prevented Barnardo’s pension scheme from switching the inflation measure used to uprate annual pensions. The children’s charity Barnardo’s currently uprates pensions in line with...
The research, published by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, says pension providers would see “reputational benefits” from promoting these protection measures more prominently. The research, undertaken by Populus, found t 29 per...
Generali UK has announced a new partnership with LifeWorks to makes more of its wellbeing services available to employers. The two companies already work together on other products, with LifeWorks providing the...
Health secretary Matt Hancock set out plans to make prevention a central plank of the upcoming NHS long term plan, and a green paper will be published on this issue next year. ...
There is much confusion over and even resistance to the central idea of CDC pensions, - that targeted pensions may be cut if investment returns disappoint, even though this is a constant...
Launching the consultation, minister for Pensions Guy Opperman says CDC schemes ‘provide more choice and flexibility for scheme members’. The DWP says CDC arrangements ‘lead to more stable pension incomes, at lower...
