Around half of UK workers would increase their workplace pension contributions if their employer's contributions increased. This is according to Scottish Widows’ latest retirement report, which found that if minimum contribution rates...
A third of employers signpost employees to health and wellbeing support only when requested. According to Everywhen, this is often not the best approach to engaging employees. Its research found that 13%...
AE contributions could be entirely absorbed by rental costs in later life, according to new research, which calls for new ways for pensions to help first-time buyers. Hymans Robertson’s report, Tapping the...
More than half the UK’s largest DC default funds now have allocations to private markets, but average allocations are still below 5 per cent. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE...
Private markets are playing an increasingly important role within defined contribution pension schemes, offering access to growing businesses that may provide attractive long-term investment opportunities while supporting the wider UK economy. In...
Climate change is rapidly becoming the 'defining' risk factor when looking at longer-term investment strategies, funding positions and retirement outcomes according to a new report from the Society of Pension Professionals. This...
Marsh has appointed Daniel Godfrey to the board of trustees and investment committee of Now: Pensions. Godfrey will support the board in providing independent governance and ensuring the master trust continues to...
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has launched a consultation on its future strategy, as it seeks to respond to shifting investor priorities amid both a political backlash against net zero, and...
Growing interest in run-on strategies among larger defined benefit pension schemes is creating more favourable buy-out conditions for smaller schemes, according to Zedra. The firm says fewer large schemes are progressing through...
The majority of trustees and DB pension managers plan to adopt new rules, giving them more flexibility on using scheme surpluses, according to research from XPS Group. The poll found that 58...
