Pensions

Arthur J Gallagher has agreed to buy BCHR Holdings, the business trading as Buck, for $600m (£543m).  The transaction is expected to complete in the first half of 2023. Gallagher, an insurance...

We're in a pension crisis. Millions are locked out of them and many of those in them are disengaged. This crisis isn’t close to being over, and is not helped by the...

A significant proportion of over 50s who left the workplace after Covid after considering returning due to to the cost of living crisis, according to new data.  Office of National Statistics data,...

Smart Pension is looking to improve the ESG-rating of its fixed income investment portfolio by investing in green bonds. The master trust default will invest in the Mirova Global Green Bond fund, which...

There has been a significant fall in DB transfer activity, with the number of people seeking transfer quotations falling to a seven-year low. Analysis by pension consultants LCP shows transfer quotations are...

Standard Life’s workplace business looks set to benefit from its parent group Phoenix making a £15m investment in the open finance platform Moneyhub. This completes Moneyhub’s Series B funding round which secured...

Mercer has appointed Brain Henderson to be head of sustainable investment for UK Europe and IMETA as part of a move to strengthen its sustainable investment leadership team.  Previously Henderson was Mercer...

Hargreaves Lansdown will use Origo's 'full service' proposition to enable it to connect to the pensions dashboard and respond to data requests from consumers. Origo says its dashboard connector has designed to...

Almost nine out of 10 companies with DB pensions have now reviewed their benefit offering, with a significant number opting to restrict access to these schemes  — according to Aon’s latest survey....

Nearly 46 per cent of workers across the UK are considering moving jobs, resulting in a potential £41.9bn cost to businesses while small firms will be crushed, as their recruiting expenses will...