Smart Pension has partnered with AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) on the AXA WF ACT Biodiversity fund. Smart Pension chief investment officer Paul Bucksey says: “We are focused on achieving the best...
Verlingue, a chartered insurance broker, has received bronze accreditation from independent assessor EcoVadis for its ESG strategy. Verlingue director of operations Andrew Sugden is in charge of the ESG project, while director...
Significant FTSE100 corporations' pension assets are producing seven times more carbon emissions than their respective businesses, according to a new analysis by Richard Curtis' climate finance campaign Make My Money Matter and...
Benenden Health is making its private healthcare option available to intermediaries through the workplace. According to Benenden Health, this offers an affordable alternative to private healthcare within the intermediary market. The option targets...
Joanne Holden has been appointed as the new governance lead of HSBC’s Master Trust. Holden has spent the last seven years overseeing the governance of HSBC's global pension risk exposures for its...
The Pension Regulator (TPR) has published The Equality Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) action plan to improve diversity and inclusion across trustee boards. The action plan outlines the measures TPR will take in collaboration with...
Fidelity International has appointed Jill Mackenzie and Colette Dunn as independent trustees of its Master Trust Board. Mackenzie and Dunn will join Kim Nash, independent chair of trustees, as well as independent...
Pension trustees must act fast if they are to shore up schemes ahead of the end of the Bank of England’s Gilt purchase programme, which finishes on 14th October, warn advisers. The...
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) has a strong business case since diverse groups have been shown to provide better financial returns, but challenges including pension legislation which excludes different groups as well...
Seven out of 10 pension professionals believe Prime Minister Liz Truss should be replaced as a matter of urgency, following the debacle that has seen the pound plunge, Gilt yields soar and...
