Paul Ratcliffe: Time for a governance review
As you might have noticed, UK pension schemes are complicated. Trustee boards and employers have a huge amount of work to do, with financial penalties and reputational damage hanging over their heads...
As you might have noticed, UK pension schemes are complicated. Trustee boards and employers have a huge amount of work to do, with financial penalties and reputational damage hanging over their heads...
More than four in five employers, 83 per cent, believe longer working lives are inevitable as life expectancy rises, according to Canada Life. The report, Building Longevity-Ready Workplaces in the UK, calls...
Mis-selling and unsuitable advice now account for the majority of complaints made to the Financial Ombudsman Service regarding financial advisers, according to behavioural finance experts Oxford Risk. According to the analysis, around...
UK pension schemes are making "meaningful progress" on both climate and nature-related goals — despite emerging political headwinds against net zero and ESG initiatives. A new Pensions for Purpose report found 40...
Unum UK has launched a new health network, in partnership with YoungMinds, as part of its health and wellbeing app, Help@hand aimed at families. Unum has partnered with mental health charity YoungMinds,...
Reframe Cancer has appointed Russell Young as commercial director. Young joins Reframe Cancer from Further Group UK, where he served as director of sales and account management, leading significant growth with insurers...
TPT Investment Management (TPTIM) has appointed Nick Stacey as its senior investment manager. In this new role, Stacey will be responsible for enhancing TPTIM’s research activities and continuing to develop its private market investment strategy. ...
Future Growth Capital, the independent private markets solutions business formed by Phoenix Group and Schroders, has appointed Denise Le Gal and John Chilman to its board. Le Gal, who has been appointed...
SPONSORED CONTENT The 21st Scottish Widows Retirement Report sent shockwaves through the media, with the startling revelation that 39%* of the UK population may fall short of a basic standard of living...
Trustees of defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB) pension schemes face a moment of real challenge and opportunity. The direction from Government and regulators is clear: stronger governance, better outcomes, more...