Scottish Widows is to divest at least £440m from companies that have failed to meet strict environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards. Scottish Widows has warned it could significantly expand the scale...
More than half of UK savers think they are unable to save enough for a comfortable retirement, according to BlackRock’s latest DC Pulse Survey. Alarmingly this figures rises to 100 per cent...
Eight out of 10 savers have not made any changes to their pension, despite the financial problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to recent research. The People’s Pension found that 82...
Willis Towers Watson is calling for trustees to refocus priorities in order unlock “real ESG action” in UK pensions. The consultancy firm says spending an additional eight hours a year focused on...
The UK asset management and pensions sectors are well on the road towards getting greater transparency of investment costs and charges. Understanding the costs incurred through investing is important to deliver value for...
When data goes wrong in pensions, it can go very badly wrong. The case of Now: Pensions is instructive. It had to radically overhaul its administrative systems, ended up removed from The Pensions...
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a largely positive impact on adviser businesses according to new research. AKG’s Future of Advice research paper, found that the coronavirus pandemic has acted as “an accelerant”...
The global nature of the Covid-19 crisis is pushing global underwriting solutions further up the corporate agenda. There are a limited number of networks in the UK that offer global underwriting in the...
Most pension schemes recommended by consultants and advisers are ‘4 degree warming’ schemes that do not reflect the corporate values of their sponsors or the beliefs of their members. Such is the stark message from Tony Burdon,...
As trillions of dollars flow into sustainable investments and high-carbon assets are written down by oil companies, environmental, social and governance (ESG) themes are influencing investment decisions on an ever-increasing scale and...
