Pensions

The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 0.5 per cent making it the highest it’s ever been in over 30 years. This comes after an inflation increase of 5.4 per...

Total critical illness claims for cancer fell by 24 per cent in the first year of the pandemic, according to new claims data from Royal London. This comes as many people postponed...

59 per cent of SME employees in the north of England believed their employer actively looked after their well-being, compared to 88 per cent in the south, indicating a north/south divide, according...

Trustees have criticised government plans to use £16 billion from the Local Government Pension Scheme for ‘levelling up’ projects, calling the proposals ‘ridiculous’ which could see these local authority schemes used as...

Defined contribution pension schemes could improve employee returns while reducing risk by incorporating alternative assets into default funds, according to the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI). The report, sponsored by the Association of...

DB pension scheme deficits have continued to increase during January, despite rising bond yields. Figures from Mercer’s latest pension risk survey showed that deficits for the DB schemes of the UK’s 350...

Around 77 per cent of employers say that menopause support should be available to everyone who needs it and should not be limited by seniority or role, according to Peppy. Peppy found...

People with old DC pensions paying higher annual fees could lose out on an estimated 4.4 per cent increase to their retirement fund if they do not move to a newer pension...

Real assets can help portfolio managers diversify, but there remain among leading pension investors, some debate about the exact diversifying characteristics these assets hold, according to a new white paper from Camradata. ...

Jeff Passmore has been appointed to the newly created position of lead liability-driven investing (LDI) strategist in MetLife Investment Management's public fixed income department. Passmore comes to MIM from Barrow Hanley Global...