Scottish Widows has bought UK investment and retirement platform business Embark Group in a bid to enhance its long-term savings proposition for intermediaries. The provider will leverage Embark’s platform and product capability to...
More than £10bn is now invested in ESG strategies through Aegon’s workplace default funds, according to the company’s latest figures. Aegon says its TargetPLan LifePath default funds now have 75 per cent...
Almost half of UK pension schemes now employ a professional trustee, with one in three doing so under a professional corporate sole trustee (PCST) arrangement according to new data from LCP. It’s...
Hymans Robertson has appointed Susan Black to the new role of head of GAP (governance, administration and projects) within its LGPS team. Hymans says this role has been created against the backdrop...
Climate-related risk, including biodiversity, systemic risks, such as the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the triple lock and related issues of an ageing population have all been identified as risk...
Joint action from the Financial Conduct Authority and The Pensions Regulation is critical to improving the consumer journey on pensions according to Aegon. Its comments come in response to TPR’s and the...
Smart Pension has appointed former Mercer DC investment strategist James Lawrence as head of investment proposition. Lawrence will develop and lead investment strategy for the Smart Pension Master Trust, which has £1.8bn...
Employee benefit consultancy Vested has joined forces with Husky, a specialist in AE administration, to provide employers with a comprehensive group pensions advisory and administration solution. Vested, part of the Embark Group,...
Moving to a flat rate of pensions tax relief would not significantly improve the retirement incomes of lower earners according to a new report from the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association. This...
SPONSORED CONTENT Cloud8, the digital employee benefits platform provider, has launched BRIDGE - a new provider panel available to all subscribers to the company’s BEAM at Work™ platform. Still in its infancy,...
