Investment

One in three people admit that pensions are bottom of their to-do list — and they are more likely to be prioritise planning holidays or managing hair and beauty appointments. The research,...

Large asset owners are confident in their portfolios’ resilience, despite market uncertainty with more targeting higher infrastructure and private debt and equity allocations. This is the more upbeat picture form Mercer’s latest global...

Pension schemes and investment funds can invest in ESG asset without sacrificing performance, but better metrics are needed to help them navigate this economic transition. This was the main conclusion of a...

Concerned have been raised about insurers' capacity to manage defined benefit assets in future, with Mick McAteer, co-director of the Financial Inclusion Centre calling for a “full investigation” into this issue. Speaking...

Aviva has partnered with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to conduct new research on how saltmarshes in the UK can remove carbon emissions from the atmosphere.  The project will initially...

DC pension funds could benefit from investment into a “small but thriving” UK VC sector, but concerns remain about charges, and potential headwinds from DB schemes exiting the market. Toby Nangle, an...

SPONSORED CONTENT Colin Fitzgerald, Distribution Director, Legal & General Group Protection, reveals valuable insights from a series of SME interviews For SME employers, group income protection (GIP) is much more than an...

Retirement saving policy has been significantly elevated on the political agenda again, following the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech in July. Testament to that was the launch of 10 separate pensions papers from...

DC schemes’ investment teams are increasingly having to factor in high inflation in their strategies and how it will, in turn, impact the relative value of currencies. Initially, this may seem at odds...

  Across the defined contribution pension market, over 12 million deferred pension pots worth less than £1,000 are no longer being paid into. These small-value pension pots are said to total £4bn...