Standard Life has appointed Warren Bright to the newly created role of head of retail intermediary distribution. In addition to building relationships with the community of financial advisers, Warren, who has 25 years of...
Weaknesses in governance, oversight, leverage risks, data collection gaps, and the need for regulatory improvements to ensure financial stability and scheme resilience.has been addressed by the Work and Pensions Committee report The...
Smart Pension, the acquisitive pension and technology provider, is believed to be in advanced negotiations to purchase the Crystal Trust, the workplace pensions master trust offered by Evolve Pensions. The news comes...
National Pension Trust (NPT), the £1bn-plus master trust from XPS, is rumoured to be on the cusp of being sold to SEI. DC pension provider NPT had £1.3bn in assets at the...
A remarkable 73 per cent of UK investors believe that ChatGPT has the potential to offer reliable financial advice in the future, according to the Investor Index, an annual study of UK...
Ben Hampton CEO of Wealth Wizards, has been appointed to the working group responsible for the advice/guidance boundary review. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Treasury are working together on this...
The Female Forum, a London network for professional women created in 2022, has unveiled the Pension Chapter, an industry-specific project with the goal of creating a strategic network for women working in the...
Mutuals are well-positioned to fulfil the growing public demand for businesses that prioritise societal and environmental wellbeing, according to research from the Social Market Foundation (SMF). According to the report, the public...
Standardised mortality rates in England & Wales experienced an average 3 per cent decline in 2022 compared to the previous year, according to the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI). The Continuous Mortality Investigation...
The Bank of England's monetary policy committee voted 7-2 in favour of a controversial 50 basis point increase, raising the bank rate to 5.0 per cent, as a response to heightened levels...
