The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has opened applications for firms to provide targeted support. The new service launches on 6 April 2026 and will allow banks, pension providers, and other authorised firms...
L&G has launched a cash savings platform, providing access to a range of savings products for DC members via Raisin UK. It aims to address the fact that some savers hold money in...
Phoenix Group has rebranded to Standard Life, the retirement savings business that it bought in 2018. As part of this change, Phoenix Group will be re-listed on the London Stock Exchange under...
Veteran pension campaigner Ros Altmann has urged government to further delay planned changes to salary sacrifice, as current proposals risk damaging pension outcomes in the UK. Her comments come as a Lords...
The Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed its targeted support rules following a board decision, with only minor changes made since the near-final version was published in December. The regulator said most of...
William Jackson has been appointed as an independent director to the board of infrastructure specialists IFM Investors. IFM Investors is owned by 15 Australian ‘superannuation’ pension schemes, and in 2025 Nest became...
Employers have an opportunity to improve retirement outcomes as well as financial wellbeing and staff retention by addressing gaps in adequacy, equity and flexibility in their benefits, according to Hymans Robertson. According...
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has confirmed it will set a zero levy for 2026-27, marking the second consecutive year that conventional DB pension schemes will not be charged a PPF levy. ...
Men’s DB annual pensions are worth nearly twice the value of women’s, at £13,900 compared to £7,500 net per annum, while their DC pensions are worth more than three times as much,...
Consolidation of DC schemes towards larger plans could stifle innovation and create an environment with little variation, according to former pensions minister Steve Webb. Webb, who is now a partner at consultancy...
