Consumers waited an average of 28 days for ceding companies to transfer their pension funds to a new provider in the 2023/24 financial year, a one-day improvement over the 2023 Retirement Fairness...
Savers reclaimed £57 million in overtaxation on pension withdrawals in the second quarter of this year. Many people accessing their pension for the first time continue to charged too much tax on...
Smart has appointed Bahea Izmeqna as its chief product officer. With an extensive career in fintech, Izmeqna will oversee technology, product and solutions, focusing particularly on the development and strategic enhancement of the...
HSBC Life UK has appointed Richard Waters as head of protection distribution. Waters was previously the national account manager for protection distribution at HSBC Life UK and has over 30 years of...
Britannia Pension Scheme has completed the sale of a private credit fund exposure using the Isio’s Fund Liquidity Options (i-FLO) platform. This is the first of Isio’s clients to complete their transaction...
TPT Retirement Solutions has selected GBST’s Composer for the administration of its Master Trust pension and Wipro as its outsourced administration and transformation partner. TPT's 400,000 pension members will benefit from GBST's...
Aviva has appointed Maiyuresh Rajah as its new director of investments for wealth and advice within its UK Insurance, Wealth & Retirement (IWR) business. Rajah was previously head of investment strategy and...
Having a presence on social platforms, specifically TikTok, could be the key factor in attracting Gen Z talent to the insurance industry, according to a Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) report. The 2022/23...
Trustees are being warned that a quicker than expected buy-in process is creating glaring gaps for a DB pension scheme’s wind-up process. The warnings comes in the latest Risk Transfer paper from...
Nearly half of working parents feel concerned over requesting time off work for childcare responsibilities, according to MetLife. MetLife research indicated that half of parents had to take time off work due...
