Investment

Millions of pension savers could be missing out on up to £10,000 each, because their providers have the incorrect retirement age.  Many people are in schemes which were set up when the...

A lack of engagement on pensions, poor scheme governance, and having multiple pensions pots may have as detrimental effect on retirement outcomes as high and opaque charging structures, according to a new...

The Pensions Regulator will prosecute the director of a professional trustee firm for failing to provide adequate information regarding 16 different pension schemes.  Michael Woolley is both a director and shareholder in Southbank...

Nest, Smart Pension, The People’s Pension and Universities Superannuation Scheme have all publicly backed the Cost Transparency Initiative as a means for improving costs and charges measurement. The four master trust providers...

The fierce debate about the issues of pension transfers from defined benefit schemes shows no sign of abating. There is general agreement that problems emerged in the wake of the pension freedoms, launched...

XPS Pensions Group has promoted Ben Gold to the role of head of investment. The previous head of investment Patrick McCoy has been promoted to the new role of head of advisory...

Over the past couple of years, the number of pension schemes mentioning environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, when talking about their investment strategies, has rocketed. It’s arguably been the biggest topic...

In recent years there has been renewed scrutiny of gender equality within the financial services industry. More often than not, this has focused on the lack of women in both senior management...

Both employers and employees would consider using robo-investing options for workplace savings and investments Not surprisingly these computer-based investment systems are more popular among younger workers. More than eight out of 10...

Defined benefit transfer values reached a record high in August, and are now 10 per cent higher than a year ago, according to the latest figures from XPS Transfer Watch.  With the...