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The Pension Policy Institute research paper on the sustainability of master trusts, made me ask two questions which I do not see addressed in the report. What about the customer? And why...

It’s been a tough six months for the group medical insurance market. As well as having to shift employees to homeworking, insurers and brokers have had to manage customer expectations when the private...

Royal London is bidding to take over fellow mutual financial services provider LV= in a deal estimated to be worth in excess af £500m, according to media reports. The tie-up would create...

We’ve often been led to believe that pension scheme members are only interested in the return on their investment, not about how their money is invested. On the contrary, recent survey data...

The coronavirus pandemic and its impact on working patterns has undoubtedly reinforced the importance of effective health and wellbeing strategies within the workplace. Gaps in many current strategies have been highlighted by the recent health...

SPONSORED CONTENT What impact will the Covid-19 epidemic have on growth in the master trust sector? Master trusts were already growing fast. We expect the financial pressure on UK PLC caused by...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is leading the charge on the battle of the bulge. It’s a personal mission and the timing, in theory, couldn’t be better considering the link between obesity and...

The new rules, including the ban on contingent charging, in FCA Policy Statement 20/6, come into effect next month and we are already starting to see advisers change their processes and pricing....

Hargreaves Lansdown has appointment three new members to its independent governance committee (IGC), following the planned departure of three members and the appointment of Richard Butcher as Chair earlier this year. Announcing...

‘Nudge’ tactics could boost the pensions of younger savers by up to £142,000, according to new research.  Scottish Widows and the Behavioural Insights Team, a leading behavioural science organisation, researched the key...