Against a backdrop of economic turbulence marked by inflation, surging interest rates, volatile market fluctuations, and unexpected changes to the lifetime allowance in the Budget, the landscape of defined contribution (DC) decumulation...
Social media ‘finfluencers’ face tough new rules, as the regulator aims to improve the way that financial products are promoted online. The regulator says its proposed new rules are designed to improve...
Smart Pension has acquired Evolve Pensions, owner of the £750m Crystal master trust. The master trust sector has seen considerable consolidation in recent years and this latest deal, which had been expected...
Standard Life has appointed Amy Madden to the newly created role of customer office director. Madden, who has over ten years of senior leadership experience in the financial services industry, will oversee...
More than one in two higher-rate taxpayers have restarted or boosted pension payments in light of the recent changes to the lifetime allowance (LTA), or says they plan to do so in...
SPONSORED COPY At 54%, the ethnicity pensions gap in 2023 is stark. To what extent is a lack of trust in the investment industry stopping pensions from reaching their full potential? In...
Consultants, providers, HR & reward professionals, tech innovators and a range of other industry stakeholders took part in the sector’s first Pensions Walk and Talk event yesterday, completing a 26km hike along...
Master trust boards show gender diversity progress but lack racial and ethnic representation in reflecting scheme membership, according to LCP. The trustee boards that govern the pension plans were studied as part...
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has reported an increase in consolidated reserves, amounting to £12.1bn as of 31 March 2023, an increase of £400m and a funding ratio rise of 156 per...
SEI has acquired National Pension Trust (NPT), the £1bn-plus master trust, from XPS, as reported by Corporate Adviser three weeks ago. The acquisition of Nexus by XPS involves a total cash consideration of...
