Early withdrawal charges imposed on lifetime Isas have more than tripled over the past year, as investors accessed their savings in response to the pandemic. Under a freedom of information request wealth...
Two-thirds of employers who currently run their own trust-based pension plans are considering switching to a master trust within the next two years, according to new research from Willis Towers Watson. Its...
Almost one in two employees say they are now less career focused as a result of Covid-19, while more than a third say their work/ life balance has improved since the start...
Emma Douglas, managing director, workplace savings at Aviva, will become the new chair of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA). Douglas, who switched from Legal & General Investment Management to Aviva...
ClearGlass, the company founded by transparency campaigner Professor Chris Sier, is extending its cost and performance benchmarking proposition to the asset management industry. The service will enable users to identify which asset...
Low earners should be entitled to continue receiving auto-enrolment employer pension contributions even if they cancel their own contributions due to hardship, says Scottish Widows. The call comes as the provider has...
Automatic enrolment has been a huge success, but it’s placed the trustees of defined contribution, occupational pension schemes (DC OPS) under significant pressure. If we just look at the numbers; the trustees...
Scam victims have lost an average of £50,000 each, more than double last year's figure, as the toll of recorded pension scams hits £2m in the first five months of the year,...
Switching asset gathering at pension and wealth firms for the UK’s biggest group income protection provider is a big change for Unum’s new CEO Mark Till. So what is his mission and what...
The last year has seen the entire world grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic. As the vaccine rollout begins to show the way back to normality, we’re now seeing that Covid-19 can have...
