Investment

The Department of Work & Pensions has withdrawn the planned 10 per cent increase in the general levy, due to take effect this April. This levy is applied on all occupational and...

Origo is offering a free secure email services to all its users for two months, to help them protect communications and data that is being transferred during the Covid-19 pandemic.  The service...

It’s not controversial to say a key regulatory objective is to encourage consumers to shop around for financial services products. As well as driving competition, it also ensures the customer gets the...

Former pensions minister Steve Webb called for the Treasury to relax rules which could act as a barrier to people seeking to rebuild their pensions when the current Covid-19 crisis is over....

The All-Party Parliamentary Group has announced plans to boost the public’s awareness  of the risk of pension scams.  There has been a significant rise in the number of scams since the introduction...

The GMP Equalisation Working Group, a cross party body, has issued its latest guidance for pension schemes. This new guidance relates relates to making corrections as a result of GMP reconciliation, known...

Fintech company Iress has acquired O&M Systems — a firm providing pension and investment data and comparison tools for financial advisers. O&M, which started in 1992,  has over 2,000 clients. This includes...

Aon has warned trustees that they need to get to grips with virtual meetings to ensure business continuity for pension schemes during this period of upheaval. With coronavirus causing serious health problems...

Why is there so much focus on ESG at the moment? ESG has definitely passed a tipping point over the last 12 months, with everyone talking about it now and lots of...

At the start of 2020, it could be said we are living in interesting times. Over the past couple of decades, society has come a long way and while the pace of...