Standard Life has won 76 new workplace pension schemes over the last year, helping boost profits at its parent company Phoenix Group. Phoenix’s annual report and accounts revealed it has been buoyant...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is anticipated to increase the annual and lifetime pension allowances in his Budget next Wednesday, in an effort to encourage older professionals to stay in or return to work....
The golden years of 30 per cent returns may be over, but there is still a lot to attract UK DC pension schemes to infrastructure investments says Frédéric Blanc-Brude, director at EDHECinfra,...
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...
