Investment

Amid the tumultuous events of the past 12 months, pension fund managers may be forgiven for overlooking the commitments made at the delayed COP26 meeting in Glasgow and at Egypt’s COP27. Yet...

Abrdn and the John Lewis Partnership have agreed to a £500m multi-decade joint venture to deliver around 1,000 new homes across three local communities.  Abrdn, which has £7.4bn (30,000 units) in residential...

Consultants welcome providers’ and schemes’ pledges to target 50 per cent reductions in the carbon intensity of their investments by 2030, but are divided as to whether they will hit these targets,...

The UK should move from an employer chooses pension model to one where members select their own provider to boost engagement levels and help individuals take more responsibility for their own retirement....

Advisers need to change their business models if they are to attract the next generation of clients, according to a new research from consultants AKG. It found that nine out of 10...

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme will significantly reduce the levy it charges on the advisory sector, due to the falling number of claims against failed firms. The forecast for next year has...

Hymans Robertson has launched a new guide for DB sponsors, designed to stop them ‘sleep-walking’ into a scheme buy out.  The interactive guide aims to help corporates understand more about the endgame...

Collective DC (CDC) may become default option at retirement according to a new report for Aon, which predicts these schemes will ‘transform’ the retirement landscape. The investment consultant says that CDC decumulation-only...

What does the change of name to People’s Partnership mean for scheme members? At the moment we are focused on pension how we help members of The People’s Pension to and through...

B&CE, the provider of The People’s Pension, is to is changing its name to People’s Partnership, announcing the name change on its 80th anniversary. The not-for-profit organisation, which began life in 1942...