Investment

The world’s biggest asset manager says it has clear evidence that the drive towards sustainability is leading to a repricing of assets across the board, with green sectors set to surge 8...

The industry has criticised proposals made by Phoenix Group - the owner of  Standard Life - to increase the charge cap on workplace pensions for younger savers. Leading trustees have described the...

Trustees face a ‘divestment dilemma’ when seeking to mitigate the risks posed to UK pension schemes by climate change, according to a new paper published by Aon. This report explores in more...

Investors have a key role to play in driving change on diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) according to a new report from the UN-backed group the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).  The...

Many trustees are unsure whether new  rules aimed at preventing pension scams will be effective, according to a new survey. Specialist pension law firm Sacker & Partners found that while half of...

Real assets can help portfolio managers diversify, but there remain among leading pension investors, some debate about the exact diversifying characteristics these assets hold, according to a new white paper from Camradata. ...

Ten years on from the introduction of automatic enrolment, more Brits than ever are saving for retirement – with an additional £28 billion saved in 2020 compared to 2012. As well as...

The government has failed to set out a timetable to implement key recommendations on improving auto-enrolment that were first made in a DWP report in 2017. This report recommended enrolling workers from...

Pension default fund returns rank 20th out of 27 different investor types over 10 years, with returns lower than the return from the average global passive fund, according to research from AJ...

Standard Life is to start switching its existing workplace default funds into more sustainable investment strategies. This process, which will phased in over 2022, will see changes made to the pension funds...