The infrastructure that serves pension schemes, asset and wealth managers, relies on ageing technology and disconnected business models shaped by a different era. Private market assets can show this most clearly. Recognised...
Combining GLP-1 medications with moderate exercise can improve employee health and reduce NHS spending, according to new data insights from Vitality. According to the findings, people who take GLP-1 medication and exercise...
Pensions are still likely to deliver strong outcomes for retirement savers despite inheritance tax (IHT) changes, according to Standard Life. Most unused pension funds and death benefits will count toward a person’s...
There has been mixed industry response to the latest FCA consolation, which proposes radical changes to the pension transfer system and ways to modernise future pension projections. While there was support for...
People’s Partnership has called for the FCA transfer reforms to apply to the whole DC market to speed up consolidation and drive better outcomes for savers. The FCA is proposing a new...
Nest is launching a new ‘member assembly’ that will give its pension savers input into its future investment decisions. This assembly will bring together a group of savers, representative of the wider...
WTW predicts that the UK pension risk transfer market will reach £70bn in 2026, an increase of around 15 per cent on 2025 volumes. According to its annual De-risking report, WTW expects...
Future Growth Capital, has appointed Subbu Murugesan to the new role of head of valuations. FGC is an independent private markets manager, which was formed by Schroders and Phoenix Group. It is...
Maxis Global Benefits Network has appointed Jayesh Patel as chief business development officer. Patel will lead Maxis GBN’s global business development team and will be responsible for developing and delivering its global...
UK pension funds have at least £10.5bn invested in companies which are extracting or burning coal according to new research. This comes despite pledges by many leading DC providers to reduce exposure...
