Closing the gender pension gap is a collective responsibility that affects everyone and requires action to ensure women achieve equal retirement outcomes. Speaking at the Corporate Adviser Master Trust Conference, Scottish Widows'...
The US is likely to remain an important source of global equity returns in future, despite current concerns about concentration risks and a potential AI bubble. This was one of the key...
Government plans to speed up consolidation and push private markets into DC are moving faster than the system can safely support. That was the dominant sentiment during a panel discussion at the...
The future of ESG within the pension industry is “genuinely in doubt” due to a political backlash in the US, according to former pensions minister and consultant Guy Opperman. This stark warning...
Chancellor Reeves has confirmed that pensions accrued before 1997 in the Pension Protection Fund and the financial assurance scheme will be indexed for inflation. In her second Budget speech, she said: "I...
The freeze on income tax thresholds and triple lock increase mean state pension will exceed the £12,500 nil rate band by 2027, but a new assessment process means this will not result...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a cut to the cash ISA allowance as part of wider efforts to unlock capital for UK growth. The total ISA allowance will remain at £20,000, but...
Railpen has appointed Donna Adams as director of member experience. Adams joins from Barclays, where she spent more than three decades and was most recently global head of employee operations strategy and...
Standard Life has appointed Angela Byrne as the next chief executive officer of its pensions & savings business. Byrne will join the organisation in January 2026 from NatWest, where she was interim...
Independent Governance Group (IGG) has acquired pensions consultancy KGC Associates. KGC has provided independent evaluation and operational governance services for more than two decades, including benchmarking, market reviews and management consulting for...
