Hargreaves Lansdown has appointed Nathan Long as its targeted support lead. Long joined Hargreaves Lansdown as an investor line consultant back in 2003. Most recently, he served as senior policy analyst, responsible...
More than one in two firms working across the pensions industry now offer apprenticeship programmes according to the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP). A total of 52 per cent firms now offer...
Rachel Reeves’ growth-at-all-costs juggernaut rumbles on and now it’s the turn of the Pensions Regulator to jump – or rather, be forced – onto the bandwagon. In a speech called “Pension regulation...
With the right approach from trustees, Collective Defined Contribution has the potential to address long standing challenges around adequacy and sustainability in retirement provision, significantly improving member outcomes. CDC is an exciting prospect,...
The PPF 7800 Index for August shows the aggregate funding surplus for the DB universe climbing £10.6bn to £241.1bn, a further boost to funding resilience. Meanwhile, the funding ratio increased by 1.5 percentage...
Scottish Widows has appointed Jenny Davidson as intermediary wealth director, effective October 2025. Davidson has over 30 years of experience in financial services across firms such as Standard Life, abrdn and Quilter....
Across the UK pensions landscape, there’s a growing sense of unease. Trustees and advisers are being asked to make investments that benefit not just their members but the UK economy more broadly....
Two in five IFAs believe the FCA’s proposed shake-up of the advice-guidance boundary will increase demand for their services, according to Opinium’s latest IFA Barometer. The survey, published as the regulator’s Advice...
Railpen and the sustainability consultancy Chronos Sustainability have published a new report, offering practical guidance to investors on managing AI-related risks within portfolio companies. The report, ‘Achieving Effective AI Governance’, comes in...
UK defined benefit (DB) pension schemes’ aggregate surplus against long-term funding targets rose to around £211bn in July 2025, according to XPS Group. That’s £5bn higher than in June and £41bn more...
