Steve Watson: How evolving fiduciary duty will support UK growth
The pensions landscape is evolving at a rapid pace. This is due to many factors, and the government’s growth agenda is certainly one of them. Better support for UK private assets is...
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Nigel Aston: Value and ‘Values’ – Can you have your cake and eat it?
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A PDF OF THE ROUNDTABLE SUPPLEMENT Exceptional investment returns, net of charges, are the holy grail for defined contribution (DC) schemes. And delivering better retirement outcomes for...
Pippa Andrews: Employers can make a difference to cancer statistics
In today's rapidly evolving workplace, the role of employers in supporting employee health and wellbeing has never been more critical. Findings from our most recent Britain’s Healthiest Workplace report which examined 10...
Umar Yaqoob: Better faith-based pensions
SPONSORED COMMENT What challenges do Muslim savers face accessing workplace pensions? One of the biggest hurdles is a lack of awareness and understanding about pensions. This is true across the workforce —...
Umar Yaqoob: Faith-based investors need equal access to derisking as their counterparts
SPONSORED CONTENT Aviva has recently launched its new Shariah Lifestyle Investment Strategy, partnering with global fund manager HSBC to utilise their range of Shariah-compliant funds. We’ve done this to provide our members...
Sonal Desai: What Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ means for fixed income
US President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement is a step toward some greater clarity on tariff policy, after months of disruptive uncertainty. The announcement sets the stage for potential bilateral negotiations, so...
BlackRock: Mind the generation savings gap
Are DC savers confident about their retirement plans? The simple and short answer is ‘no’. BlackRock’s 2024 UK Read on Retirement report found that the majority of adults in the UK are...
Steve Butler: How to boost pension engagement using behavioural science
Pensions are often considered boring, and many employees ignore them until close to retirement, leaving many with in sufficient funds. The Resolution Foundation reports that around two-in-five working-age individuals or 13 million...
Patrick Heath-Lay: Rethinking value
SPONSORED COPY In the early 2010s, Australia’s pensions market faced a challenge familiar to the UK today: savers struggled to understand the true value of their pension providers. Australia took a pivotal...
Daniel Walsh: Options for a £160bn DB surplus
Roll back a few years and defined benefit (DB) pension schemes were focused on bridging a deficit on technical provisions or moving towards self sufficiency. Surplus probably didn’t enter into the thinking...
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