The report, authored by Allianz Global Investors vice-chair Elizabeth Corley, chair of the advisory group on impact investing appointed by the government, says the financial services industry should be able to answer...
The research by ShareAction found six out of nine auto-enrolment pension providers fail to take a stand on weapons investment, while seven providers are lax on tax avoidance, despite societal concerns. The...
The group risk industry body is asking the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) to push for an exemption from the potential charges where the sole asset of a discretionary trust is an...
Workchain Ltd owners and directors Phil Tong and Adam Hinkley encouraged five senior staff at the company to get the temporary workers out of the scheme so the company could avoid making...
The research, across 28 firms, found 96 per cent supported making participation mandatory for pension providers to participate to ensure full coverage. The research found 89 per cent thought information made available...
The Pension Regulator is actively supporting – if not quite championing - pension scheme consolidation for both DB and DC pensions. For DB the aim is to increase the financial resilience of...
Matthews is a professional independent trustee and is currently chair of the Royal Mail Pension Plan, the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme, the Siemens Benefit Scheme, the Vodafone Group Pension Scheme and the...
Open to both intermediaries and providers, the academy will launch with two workshops. Areas covered include understanding the market, products and added-value benefits, taxation, legislation and underwriting. The first workshop is in...
Echoing Government data showing the biggest upswing in participation in auto-enrolment was amongst young savers, Scottish Widows’ 14th Retirement Report, which focuses on adequacy, found 39 per cent of UK workers aged...
The Environmental Audit Committee’s findings from its green finance enquiry, which found that pension scheme trustees’ fiduciary duty is often misinterpreted as a duty to maximise short-term returns, has also criticised the FCA’s reluctance...
