Investment

These new members have been appointed from a range of organisations within the PLSA’s membership. They will have a remit stretching across all PLSA policy work on pensions and lifetime savings. The...

New FCA research shows a significant upswing in the number of people seeking financial advice on retirement planning. According to the 2018 Financial Advice Market Review, 4.5m sought financial advice on pensions...

Mercer has accused the Competition and Markets Authority of using incorrect data and unrepresentative samples in its recent Investment Consultants Market Investigation. This probe look at consultants offering investment and fiduciary management...

This iShares ETF will track the Thomson Reuters inclusion and diversify index, established three years ago in response to demand for data from those running ESG investment mandates. This index ranks more...

BlackRock’s Global Insurance Report found that 83 per cent of insurers said ESG factors were becoming increasingly important to their firm, with a particular focus on this issue from European firms. A...

The government is considering setting up a new auto-enrolment scheme, to enable workers to save  towards care costs. The proposals are expected to be contained in a forthcoming green paper from the...

Many smaller pension schemes are failing to demonstrate they provide good value for members according to new research from The Pensions Regulator. In its annual DC survey, the watchdog found that nine...

Smarterly, the investment platform which targets workplace savings and investments, has already received backing from Unum, which owns a stake in the business. It is using the crowdfunding site Seedrs, which has...

The Irish government recently proposed a system whereby a new Central Processing Authority (CPA) would be established, responsible for sourcing, on a competitive basis via an open tender, a maximum of four...

The payroll to pensions software provider says incorrect auto-enrolment data is a problem for schemes of all sizes, but is a particular problem amongst smaller schemes. Pensionsync analysis of over 10,000 schemes...