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First Actuarial will open a new office in Birmingham next month — its seventh in the UK, amid ongoing demand for its pensions and employee benefits services.  The Birmingham office will be headed...

L&G has appointed Paula Llewellyn to be the newly-created role of CEO, DC & workplace savings. Llewellyn is currently chief customer and strategy officer, retail at L&G and has previously been managing director...

More than two thirds of employers now offers a responsibly invested company pension - but less than half have this as the default option. These findings, in Scottish Widows’ latest Responsible Investment...

The European Commission has published its strategy on strengthening the continent’s financial system and boosting investment into productive finance via a new Savings and Investments Union (SIU). The new initiative, references the...

Tripling its numbers in since it was spun out of KPMG in 2020, independent consultancy Isio now has nearly 1,300 employees.  As the firm celebrates its five-year anniversary, its expansion and evolving...

In the world of workplace pensions, the mantra of the day from policymakers is that bigger is better. But despite this general trend, in relation to scheme size and default funds, the Pensions...

WTW has appointed Craig Baker as chief investment strategist to its investments business (Tower Watson). Baker was the global chief investment officer for ten years and will continue to serve on the...

It has been a strong year for DC savers, with expected retirement income rising between £2,000 and £6,000 according to data from Aon’s UK DC tracker. Figures for the last quarter of...

Five months ago I made some predictions about what could be in Rachel Reeves’ Budget, Labour’s first chance to tax and spend for 14 years. Praise be. In a career first, I...

Three-quarters of UK employers offer cash alternatives to pensions for higher-earning employees who are restricted by the annual allowance, according to research from WTW. Its annual survey of pension taxes found that over...