Investment

Almost eight out of 10 married people have no idea what their spouse’s pension is worth according to new research.  This equates to some 15m people. The survey found that almost half...

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published the list of asset owners, asset managers and service providers who are signatories to its new tougher stewardship code.  In the list of asset owners...

UK pension schemes are increasing their allocations to illiquid assets in response to increased transparency about opportunities and diversification benefits.  The research shows 85 per cent of professional pension fund investors say...

David Farrar, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) senior policy manager, is joining Nest on secondment to work on climate change, responsible investment and other evolving policy areas. Farrar joins Nest...

Pay is the most voted-on issue by DC pension scheme members, with almost three times as many votes cast on the issue a climate, rights or lobbying, according to figures from LGIM...

On 22 April 2016, also known as Earth Day, the Paris Climate Agreement was officially signed in New York. After months of negotiations the year before in the Le Bourget area of northeast Paris,...

Tom McPhail, arguably UK's highest profile pension pundit of the last decade, has joined the lang cat as director of public affairs 16 months after departing Hargreaves Lansdown to work as a lobbyist for...

Many people born between 1965 and 1980 – Generation X (Gen Xers) – want to save more for retirement, but struggle to do so. Nearly one in three Gen Xers consequently risk reaching...

Climate change is now a top priority fo pension providers who are increasingly moving towards low-carbon investments within DC defaults, according to new research. Punter Southall Aspire new DC Default Strategy Survey...

The vast majority of retired people gave up work without seeking help from either a financial adviser, their workplace, or the government's free pension service, according to new figures from Just Group. ...