European insuretech Lumera has expanded its footprint in the UK with the acquisition of ITM — one of the technology companies helping develop the UK pensions dashboard. Lumera has not disclosed what...
The number of people seeking Pension Wise guidance prior to retirement has fallen year on year, despite government legislation to ‘nudge’ people towards this free assistance. These stronger nudges were introduced two...
The majority of DC pension schemes now have net zero targets in place for 2050 with 81 per cent setting interim goals, according to research from Barnett Waddingham. The consultancy said these...
Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), the UK's largest Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with £30 billion assets under management will adopt pass-through voting. Pass-through voting enables schemes to enforce their voting preferences on...
Aegon has launched, Product Reporting, a client reporting tool for financial advisers across Aegon Retirement Choice (ARC) and One Retirement to help improve user experience. Advisers will get access to product and...
Legal & General has launched a new private markets fund for its 5.2 million DC members. The fund will also be available for other DC schemes to invest in, both directly and...
With the general election fast approaching, political parties in the UK have set out the steps they propose to take with regard to pension schemes in their manifestos. When in government, the...
Two-thirds or 64 per cent of neurodiverse employees believe that they should be receiving more support from their employer, according to Zest. According to new research from employee benefits technology company Zest,...
The question the Financial Inclusion Centre raises in our new report ‘Making an impact or making a return?’ is whether we can distinguish between finance that genuinely prioritises making a social impact...
The number of people of state pension age or over who are paying income tax has soared, increasing by 660,000 to 8.51 million in the last year, according to new HM Revenue...
