Investment

The number of people accessing their pensions under pension freedom rules fell in 2020/21 according to new data from the Financial Conduct Authority. Its data shows a 12 per cent reduction in...

Only a third of active equity funds, 34 per cent, outperformed a passive alternative this year, according to AJ Bell’s latest ‘Manager versus Machine’ report. According to the report, active outperformance was...

Master trusts default funds have held on to their post-lockdown growth during 2021 delivering steady returns for members according to Hymans Robertson’s latest research. However its Master Trust Default Fund report says...

The issue of climate change presents risks and opportunities as together we look to address the challenge. As a long-term investor, at Standard Life we must consider both aspects for our investment...

Inflation, the old enemy of fixed income markets, is well and truly back. There are deepening concerns in the UK that the uptick in recent months, on the back of scarcity of...

Since 1 October all DC schemes have been required to report on the net performance of their investments.  This is the first step towards the value for member (VFM) assessments that are...

"Look around the UK benefits industry and you will notice that there are still far too few people who look like me.” Uche Enemchukwu, chief executive Nelu Diversified Consulting Solutions, is direct...

How will the regulator’s proposed ‘consumer duty’ rules differ from the ‘treating customers fairly’ regime?  We have yet to see the FCA’s draft proposals, which are expected to come into force next...

Former Hymans Robertson partner and DC consulting head Lee Hollingworth has joined Franklin Templeton as head of UK retirement. Hollingworth will be responsible for developing and leading Franklin Templeton’s DC pensions business in the...

Bundled DC assets of lifetime savings providers, principally life insurers, grew 22 per cent in the year to 30 June 2021 to £382bn, according to the fourth edition of Corporate Adviser Intelligence’s Workplace...