Hard-pressed staff having to make complicated decisions, fears of a mass exodus of senior workers, and a government scrambling to react. No, I’m not talking about the NHS taper debacle – which...
Janus Henderson Investors has appointed David Whitehair as its new director of institutional business, defined contribution, with a view to developing the company’s DC proposition. In this role Whitehair will provide strategic...
Defined benefit and master trust provider TPT has made two senior appointments to its leadership team as it looks to grow its DC business. Philip Smith has joined the company as the...
The Society of Pension Professionals has appointed Fred Emden as its first chief executive. The SPP is a trade body, representing companies that advise and provide services to work-based pension schemes and...
KPMG has spun off its pensions advisory practice, which is now being launched as an independent consultancy, known as Isio. The division was bought out by Isio partners with backing from Exponent...
The Pensions Regulator has made its ambivalence towards smaller single employer trusts crystal clear. For example, last August it described what it saw as the unacceptable scale of under- performance in its annual...
Now that all pension providers are legally required to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their default fund investment processes will we see less scheme members opting for ethical or...
It is now five years since the introduction of pension freedom rules, but there is still widespread confusion about retirement options, particularly among the 50-plus age group. One in four savers (26...
The new chancellor Rishi Sunak, has dropped plans to reduce higher rate tax relief on pensions, according to reports this weekend. Briefings suggest this change of plan comes after fierce opposition by...
Hymans Robertson has promoted William Chan to the newly created role of head of DC investment. In this new position Chan, who joined the company in 2015, will lead Hymans Robertson on...
