Aviva has partnered with property developer, Stories, to invest £100m in UK real estate and infrastructure projects. The joint venture is the first financial commitment made by Aviva Capital Partners (ACP), the...
We are now over a decade on from auto enrolment in the UK. In many respects, it has been a resounding success. Nearly 9 in 10 eligible employees now save into workplace...
Gold as an alternative asset in defined contribution (DC) investment strategies provides good hedging against market fall and yields strong returns under various market conditions, according to new research. Pension Policy Institute's...
Schroders has received approval to launch the UK’s first long-term asset fund (LTAF). This new regulated fund is an open-ended vehicle designed for investment into a broad range of illiquid and private...
Dan Carpenter has been appointed as a partner in XPS Pension Group’s growing investment team. Carpenter joins from Aon, and has more than 20 years’ investment experience, having advised schemes of all...
Despite higher inflation and more volatile investment markets, UK pension savers saw their retirement prospects improve over the last year, according to latest pension tracker from Aon. This research, which tracks the...
The gender pension gap is currently sits at 40.5 per cent for 2020–21, almost unchanged from the initial estimate made half a decade ago and represents an annual shortfall of £7,100 on...
The number of higher rate taxpayers increased by 100,000 between the tax years 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021 up to a total of 4.0 million, according to new data from...
The Spring Budget will be announced next Wednesday, and AJ Bell's experts explain the key points to watch for in Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s statement. An accelerated state pension age hike is on the...
Annuitants run the danger of losing thousands in retirement income by failing to compare options. The highest and lowest incomes offered on the market have significant variances, according to data from Hargreaves...
