Investment

Inflation has risen in July, with prices rising 1 per cent year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics This is a significant increase on the 0.6 per...

The financial health of the DB pension schemes in the UK improved moderately in the second quarter of this year, following the impact of the Covid pandemic in the first three months....

More than half of institutional investors expect most of their ESG investment will be held within passive products within the next five years. This is a significant increase on current portfolios, according...

As we emerge into a post- Covid-19 world, it seems that everything has changed. Work, school, leisure and even mundane tasks are radically different to six months ago. As citizens, we readjust...

Broadstone has appointed Marc Devereux to be its new director of investment consulting. Broadstone says the appointment will help the employee benefits and pension consulting firm further develop its proposition in this...

Pensions red tape risks trapping tens of thousands of pension savers in low returning funds, according to consultants LCP.  The problem concerns savers in workplace pensions who have actively chosen to invest...

The coronavirus pandemic is likely to exacerbate the gender savings gap, with a greater proportion of women saying they will decrease pension contributions in the next six months. Recent research by Aegon...

Bulk annuities sales have proved to be resilient despite difficult market conditions, with almost £13bn of business placed in the first half of this year. According to Aon this is the fourth...

Learning from other countries’ pension reforms is difficult to do as the political and economic context from which such systems emerge are often very different. This means that it is not usually...

 As  with  several other regulatory initiatives, the implementation of investment pathways has been delayed due to Covid-19. The reform had been due to come into force in August, which would have meant investors following...