Investment

Private equity deals could increase in the year ahead after a significant decline in activity in 2023, according to the latest report into this sector by Bain Capital.  Its data shows that...

 Only 18 per cent of those living in rented accommodation are on track for a ‘moderate’ retirement income, compared to 51 per cent of those who have bought their own homes, according...

Cartwright has appointed Yona Chesner as head of investment in the North and senior investment consultant. Chesner, who is based in Manchester, will oversee the company's new Northern presence and spearhead corporate growth....

The Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund (PCPF), which provides pensions for Westminster’s MPs has just 1.3 per cent of its assets in UK shares.  Reports published in The Times this weekend show the...

In his Budget speech the Chancellor called for DC schemes to disclose UK holdings, but all the main providers already do, covering over 15 million UK pension savers, via Corporate Adviser's Master...

The Taskforce on Social Factors has published a new guided aimed at helping pension schemes and trustees monitor and assess social factors as part of their wider stewardship and ESG investment decisions. ...

Exposure to UK equities ranges from zero, for Aegon Master Trust and TPT Retirement Solutions' master trust, to The Lewis Workplace Master Trust, which had 34 per cent in British shares at...

The planned enhancements to auto-enrolment appear to have been further delayed, with the Chancellor failing to set out a timetable for reform. In the accompanying Budget documents and speech there was no...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt did not make any changes to the Lifetime Isa in today’s Budget speech, despite launching a new British Isa to encourage investment into the UK.  There had been calls...

Forcing pension schemes to disclose their UK holdings could perversely result in less funding for British businesses, according to industry warnings.  AJ Bell has said government proposals to compel UK DC schemes...