Royal London, Canada Life, Vitality, Medicash and Simplyhealth were all named 5-star providers in their respective fields at the Corporate Adviser Awards Ceremony last night. The new Corporate Adviser Service Ratings cover...
Aegon UK has appointed Antonia Balaam to the newly-created role of director of DC clients. In this role, she will head the client director team which is responsible for leading the relationships...
XPS Pensions Group has become net carbon neutral by offsetting the carbon emissions across its entire value chain, in a drive to be a more sustainable business. These offsets cover the group’s...
Cushon has made three senior appointments, with hires from Aon, Mercer and Aegon, as it aims to deliver on ambitious growth plans. The fintech workplace pensions and savings provider has hired Dom...
SEI has today announced the completion of its acquisition of Atlas, formerly Capita’s defined contribution (DC) master trust. SEI Master Trust and Atlas have a combined trust of approximately £2bn in assets...
There is no evidence of a sustainability “bubble” with climate repricing having further to run as European investors look to ramp up sustainability focus in portfolios, according to research from BlackRock. Research...
The FCA’s proposals on a new consumer duty come after several years of debate and deliberation. It stops short of imposing a fiduciary duty on financial services firms, but certainly raises expectations...
Performance fees — and higher fees generally — are not the main hurdle when it comes to including illiquid investments with DC portfolios, according to Nick Groom, head of UK DC strategy...
The industry should be confident that productive finance proposals designed to get DC schemes investing in less liquid assets will happen, unlike some other planned reforms of the pension industry. Alan Mankikar,...
Each year pension savers are losing an estimated £700m by taking tax free cash too early, according to the latest research from LGIM. This is 300 times more a year than the...
