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 —...
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 —...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
We live in an age where digital communication is a big part of everyday life. On average over 98 per cent of UK adults own a mobile phone, 96 per cent have...
Five months ago I made some predictions about what could be in Rachel Reeves’ Budget, Labour’s first chance to tax and spend for 14 years. Praise be. In a career first, I...
Neurodiversity is becoming a priority for HR professionals and corporate advisers. It is estimated that 1 in 7 people in the UK are neurodivergent, meaning their brains learn, function and process information...