20-20 Trustees has continued its growth strategy with the acquisition of Steve Southern Trustees Limited (SSTL), as well as recruiting several other trustees. Founded in 2012, Manchester-based SSTL currently supports over 50...
The coronavirus pandemic will have a lasting impact on the cost and design of employer-provided health benefits for years to come, according to new research. Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) says medical costs...
More than half of UK savers think they are unable to save enough for a comfortable retirement, according to BlackRock’s latest DC Pulse Survey. Alarmingly this figures rises to 100 per cent...
Eight out of 10 savers have not made any changes to their pension, despite the financial problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to recent research. The People’s Pension found that 82...
Willis Towers Watson is calling for trustees to refocus priorities in order unlock “real ESG action” in UK pensions. The consultancy firm says spending an additional eight hours a year focused on...
Almost two thirds of workers across the UK and Europe feel their work-related stress levels have increased compared with pre-pandemic levels, with 81 per cent of this group describing themselves as having...
The UK asset management and pensions sectors are well on the road towards getting greater transparency of investment costs and charges. Understanding the costs incurred through investing is important to deliver value for...
When data goes wrong in pensions, it can go very badly wrong. The case of Now: Pensions is instructive. It had to radically overhaul its administrative systems, ended up removed from The Pensions...
Whether furloughed, facing redundancy or working from home, Covid-19 has had a lasting effect on many employees’ financial health and wellbeing. Given the links between financial, physical and mental health, employers have a...
For the first time in recent years, the number of people planning to work beyond retirement has declined, with experts suggesting this could be one of the consequences of the ongoing coronavirus...
