Investment

The Covid crash was the test that pension funds didn’t want – at least not yet. It has proved an examination of the pensions sector on so many levels. Most fundamentally it has...

For centuries we have come to expect that we will live healthier, longer lives than our parents’ generation. But research led by Sir Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University...

Given the tragic human consequences it may feel wrong to talk about upsides from the COVID-19 epidemic. We will certainly see a huge financial aftershock, but in the long-term current events have...

AllianceBernstein has appoints Omar Rauf as its new UK retail sales director. In this role Rauf will be responsible for servicing and expanding AB’s relationship with the wholesale market in the UK....

Deficits in DB pensions schemes have increased by a further £10bn since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown. Official figures from the Pension Protection Fund show the total deficit of the UK’s...

Companies that score better on environmental, governance and social (ESG) factors have outperformed during the recent market volatility cased by the Covid 19 pandemic.  Research by Fidelity International, using their own ESG...

Increasing numbers of pension schemes are looking to protect against longevity risk with a record numbers of buy-ins, buy-outs and longevity swaps in 2019. New analysis by Hymans Robertson shows these totalled...

DB pension transfers are declining rapidly, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. New data from LCP shows that member interest in transfers is at its lowest level since 2014, before the...

People approaching retirement have far higher levels of anxiety about the financial consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic than younger investors, according to new research. Aegon has launched a new tracker survey to...

Cardano Group has appointed Marino Valensise to be its group chief investment, and oversee the investment strategy of Now: Pensions. Valensise joins from Barings Asset Management, where he has worked for the...