Closing the gender pension gap is a collective responsibility that affects everyone and requires action to ensure women achieve equal retirement outcomes. Speaking at the Corporate Adviser Master Trust Conference, Scottish Widows'...
The US is likely to remain an important source of global equity returns in future, despite current concerns about concentration risks and a potential AI bubble. This was one of the key...
Government plans to speed up consolidation and push private markets into DC are moving faster than the system can safely support. That was the dominant sentiment during a panel discussion at the...
The future of ESG within the pension industry is “genuinely in doubt” due to a political backlash in the US, according to former pensions minister and consultant Guy Opperman. This stark warning...
The Chancellor’s latest budget paves the way for DB schemes to use surplus funds to make direct payments to pensioners. The current Pension Schemes Bill 2025 includes provisions to change the law,...
The chancellor’s decision to restrict salary sacrifice on contributions of more than £2,000 a year could cost the largest employer £1.5m a year. This figure is from modelling by Hymans Robertson, looking...
The Chancellor has avoided a negative reaction from the bond market to the Budget she presented to parliament today, with both 10-year gilt and 30-year gilt yields falling slightly. Thirty-year gilts rose...
People living abroad will no longer be able to buy cheap access to a UK state pension under measures announced in the Chancellor’s Budget today. The government is closing loopholes in current...
Chancellor Reeves has confirmed that pensions accrued before 1997 in the Pension Protection Fund and the financial assurance scheme will be indexed for inflation. In her second Budget speech, she said: "I...
The freeze on income tax thresholds and triple lock increase mean state pension will exceed the £12,500 nil rate band by 2027, but a new assessment process means this will not result...
