The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) has called on regulators to focus on ‘practical solutions’ to ongoing problems with pension transfers. Its response is to the FCA discussion paper: “Pensions: Adapting our...
Standard Life says it has seen increased demand for offshore bond last year, in part due to the proposed IHT reforms to pensions. Standard Life says saw a 56 per cent increase...
Simplyhealth has launched a suite of affordable, flexible healthcare solutions to help businesses provide accessible health benefits for employees. The new solutions include customisable health packages, with bolt-on funding solutions and quick...
European Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIF) are expanding after regulatory changes boosted approvals in 2024, signalling growing investor interest, but challenges remain, including high fees, liquidity risks, and the need for asset managers...
DC pension schemes will soon be able to access a new fund structure — the Reserved Investor Fund, or RIF — designed to facilitate investment into illiquid assets such as UK property...
Younger people, women, and those in Northern Ireland, the North East, and other underserved regions are missing out on financial advice, largely accessed by older, married men in London and the South...
The People’s Pension is calling on regulators to delay the commercial pension dashboard until providers can show simple, directly comparable metrics on investment performance, charges and customers. These comments are in response...
The celebrity-endorsed green finance campaign group, Make My Money Matter, is to close after five years. The group, co-founded by Four Weddings and a Funeral film director Richard Curtis, cited a lack...
The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has proposed changes to its Mortality Projections Model, with is due to be released in the second quarter of 2025. The CMI Model, used by pension schemes,...
The Investing and Savings Alliance (Tisa) is calling for greater consistency in pension projection calculations used across different regulatory frameworks. The call for greater regulatory alignment comes in its response to the...
