The number of workers auto-enrolled but not entitled to tax relief in net pay schemes could increase from April 2018, following the Chancellor’s Budget decision to increase the income tax personal allowance...
The FCA has decided to refer the investment consultancy and fiduciary management sector to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), and has rejected undertakings in lieu made by Aon, Mercer and Willis...
Staffcare founder Phil Hollingdale is partnering with actuary Ben Pollard and Unum to launch a start-up savings and investments platform to be distributed through the workplace. Pollard, left and Hollingdale Unum is...
Former Willis Towers Watson head of DC and communications Nico Aspinall has been named chief investment officer of B&CE, provider of The People’s Pension. Aspinall, who was formerly responsible for the investment...
Mercer, Aon and Willis Towers Watson still face a referral to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over conflicts of interest over their investment consultancy services after the FCA rejected their undertakings...
The Investment Association’s draft cost disclosure code lacks sufficient detail and fails to require signatories to itemise all the costs they incur from their clients’ funds, the Transparency Task Force claims. But...
The Investment Association should not be responsible for creating a code to govern its members because it is inherently conflicted says Transparency Task Force founding chair Andy Agathangelou The overall purpose of...
New pension investments rose by 24 per cent to £17.4bn in 2016, excluding transfers, up from £14bn in 2015, according to figures from intermediary database provider Equifax Touchstone. Single premium flexible drawdown...
Schroders has launched a set of principles for encouraging food and drink companies to reduce the sugar content in their products. The framework, published jointly with Rathbone Greenbank, has been endorsed by...
Schroders, Robeco Group, Aviva Investors, Amundi and Standard Life Investments have been named the most responsible investment managers in Europe, a new report by pressure group ShareAction. BBVA Asset Management comes bottom...
