The King's Speech today outlined the government’s goal to revamp healthcare, with particular emphasis on mental health. This will include changes to universal access based on need, reducing waiting times, emphasising prevention...
A new pension schemes bill has unexpectedly been included in today’s King’s Speech, which opens the new session of Parliament. This speech sets out the legislative agenda of the new Labour government....
UK inflation has remained at the Bank of England’s 2 per cent target for the second consecutive month. Some industry experts emphasise the need for careful financial planning due to “sticky underlying...
Customer vulnerability is a big issue – but help is available. If I was to ask you how many of your pension scheme’s members are likely to have some kind of vulnerability,...
The expected pensions from a whole-of-a-life Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) scheme are around 50 per cent higher for the same contribution than from a traditional DC scheme, according to LCP. LCP analysed...
Around 2.8 million UK over 50s have returned to work after being previously retired, according to Legal & General. According to the research, only 3 per cent intend to or are considering...
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) is calling on the Government to announce a Pensions Bill at the state opening of Parliament tomorrow. PLSA director of policy and advocacy Nigel Peaple...
XPS Group has expanded its risk settlement team with three new appointments. Josué Silva joins from Just, Karine Reffreger from the Pension Protection Funds, and Alex Shepherd joins from WTW. All have extensive...
Smart Pension continues to expand its footprint in the UK workplace market with the acquisition of Options Master Trust. This is Smart Pension’s 10th consolidation into the trust, and will bring total...
There is significant pushback in Australia against allowing early access to pension funds to finance a first home purchase, with fears this could prove costly to the taxpayer and push up house...
