The world around us changed irrevocably when Covid struck. We were forced to adapt to survive. Remote working was quickly established for all but the most essential face-to-face workers. And we all...
Broadstone has appointed Andrew Knight-Stephens to be a senior member of its London-based investment consulting team. Knight-Stephens was most recently an investment specialist at British Airways pensions having previous worked in a...
It can be a tough market for employee benefit consultants, given rising regulatory and insurance costs and the need to invest in technology, which continues to develop at pace. This has driven consolidation...
The Department for Work and Pensions today published revised regulations regarding defined benefit funding in response to the consultation that was started in July 2022. The main changes are that scheme funding...
Younger employees prioritise increased financial support and wellbeing benefits for 2024, according to Zest. About 67 per cent of them say that the cost of living crisis has affected their priorities and...
Gen Z expects property to be their main retirement asset, with 33 per cent planning to rely on it, despite only 10 per cent currently having a mortgage, according to a Standard...
DC pension funds are looking to boost allocation into real assets, with almost seven out of 10 (69 per cent) expecting to increase exposure within the next two years. This is a...
Craven Street Wealth has purchased the financial planning division of Punter Southall Aspire. This acquisition follows the announcement of the sale of Punter Southall Aspire's employee benefits business to Foster Denovo. Senior...
The total funding level of the 87 funds participating in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in England and Wales stood at 101 per cent as of December 31, 2023., according to...
Life expectancy at birth has declined across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland from 2017-2019 to 2020-2022. The most recent data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed regional differences. The male...
