Individuals aged 50 and above underestimate their life expectancy, creating a significant gap between their expectations and reality, according to a new study conducted by Canada Life. On average, both men and women...
The government has announced a further year long delay to the introduction of pension dashboards, with the first connections not now planned until October 2026. The announcement was made by new pension...
SPONSORED CONTENT As the high cost of living continues to put the strain on people’s budgets, financial worry is starting to feel like the norm. Implementing an effective financial wellbeing strategy is...
Funds Europe, the leading publication for Europe’s institutional investment professionals, has been sold by Punter Southall Group to Corporate Adviser parent Definite Article Media Limited. The acquisition, which takes place with immediate...
Aegon UK has published its ‘climate roadmap’ setting out the company’s plans to reduce the carbon footprint of its investments. This will start with its workplace default funds and include short-term emission...
Standard Life has partnered with Moneyhub to integrate open finance functionality across its app and dashboard. This move will benefit Standard Life’s 1.5 million workplace pension scheme members who will now be...
Fintech pension provider Smart has acquired the US retirement savings provider ProManage for an undisclosed sum. This is the latest global acquisition by Smart and takes its AUM from £5.5bn to £8bn....
More than half of the commercial master trusts are now making a move toward more illiquid investments according to data from Hymans Robertson. It says this shift — from cost to value...
Aon has appointed Nigel Aston to be an associate partner and market development lead of its UK defined contribution solutions team. Aston joins from State Street Global Advisors where he was a...
The Irish market, whilst broadly similar to the UK market in terms of pension provision in some ways, is different in that the use of target date funds is not widespread. In...
