Pensions

The number of people accessing their pensions under pension freedom rules fell in 2020/21 according to new data from the Financial Conduct Authority. Its data shows a 12 per cent reduction in...

A total of 40 per cent of employees, or 11.7 million workers, say they would consider switching employers to get better employee benefit, according research from Unum. The research, by Unum and...

Only a third of active equity funds, 34 per cent, outperformed a passive alternative this year, according to AJ Bell’s latest ‘Manager versus Machine’ report. According to the report, active outperformance was...

Master trusts default funds have held on to their post-lockdown growth during 2021 delivering steady returns for members according to Hymans Robertson’s latest research. However its Master Trust Default Fund report says...

Andy Dickson will take up the newly created role of master trust strategic development director for Aegon UK. Dickson joins from Atlas Master Trust where he was head of market strategy. Prior...

Phoenix Group has appointed former managing director of JPMorgan Chase's investment banking division Anna Franekova as corporate development director, effective 1 March 2022. Franekova will oversee Phoenix Group's corporate activity, which will...

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has published a report which found that policies aimed at improving the retirement outcomes of underpensioned groups will be most effective if they consider how the negative labour market...

The minister for pensions Guy Opperman and the Occupational Pensions Stewardship Council (OPSC) have urged asset managers to give asset owners more say in voting at company annual general meetings. Opperman and...

Defined benefit pension schemes with less than £1bn in assets risk falling behind on climate change, according to Willis Towers Watson’s latest report, ‘Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities for Pension Schemes’. According...

Improving standards of governance across the workplace pension sector has been a major focus for both regulators and the Department for Work and Pensions. But where does governance now rank in advisers’...