Almost one in three (28 per cent) of UK investors say environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations are important when making investment decisions, according to a new data. However IG’s latest investor...
The Pensions Regulator has admitted there is some justification in recent criticisms of the climate-scenario analysis, included in the TCFD reports schemes must now complete. Currently 90 out of 350 schemes have...
The government have been urged to slow down implementation of retirement ‘default’ arrangements, including decumulation-only CDC, and focus instead on legislative changes that will improve member engagement. The comments were made by...
The Pensions Regulator has updated its guidance for schemes and trustees on investments into illiquid assets. This guidance comes ahead of rule changes from October 1, which will require trustees to state...
Former Nest and Smart Pension distribution head Paul Budgen is creating a guidance app-based solution designed to enable financial advisers to support clients with modest pension pots plan their retirement. The proposition,...
The British Business Bank has appointed Esi Eshun OBE as its new General Counsel and Company Secretary, effective from November 2023. Esi has joined the British Business Bank from UK Export Finance,...
The role of the defined contribution (DC) consultant will evolve and expand as HR departments wake up to the savings shortfalls experienced by many of their older staff. That is the prediction...
‘Financial wellbeing’ has become something of a buzzword in the financial services industry in recent years, with many employee benefits providers now offering a range of tools and services in this area....
Spiralling interest rates and a cost-of-living crisis have helped to propel the issue of financial wellbeing — or lack of it — up the corporate agenda. VIEW THE ROUND TABLE SUPPLEMENT HERE...
More schemes may be able to explore securing benefits through a superfund as a result of updated The Pensions Regulator (TPR) guidance on superfunds, adding much-needed capacity to a market for risk...
