Investment

The drive to get DC schemes to invest in private markets is one of the biggest shifts the industry has seen in recent years. TO DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY OF THE GUIDE CLICK...

The Nest Sharia Fund has today moved from a 100 per cent equity strategy, and will now allocate 30 per cent to sukuk bonds. According to Nest, incorporating sukuk - interest-free, asset-backed...

Gilt yields have risen since Labour’s £40bn tax-rising Budget, but pensions experts say this is unlikely to spark the same liquidity problems for DB schemes that occurred in the aftermath of Liz...

The People’s Pension has more than halved the carbon footprint of its default fund over the past 12 months.  According to its latest annual TCFD report total carbon emissions within the scheme's...

More transfers will be hit by the 25 per cent overseas transfer charge (OTC) on transfers from UK registered pensions schemes to qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme (QROPS), Budget papers published today...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled plans to add billions to the NHS, including a £22.6 billion boost to the NHS's day-to-day budget and an additional £3.1 billion in capital funding over the...

The Chancellor has announced widespread changes to capital gains tax (CGT) which include an increase to the rates charged on carried interest.  Carried interest is the share of profits that is often...

The Chancellor has confirmed that the state pension will rise by 4.1 per cent to match the average earnings element of the triple lock. This means that next year’s full new state...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) received almost 40 per cent more financial complaints, while pension complaints decreased marginally, in the first half of 2024. The ombudsman received 133,019 complaints between January and...

What it describes as the first ever defined benefit (DB) portfolio allocation to Bitcoin is being made today by pension and investment advice Cartwright, as it also looks to push the digital...