Pensions

Over a million UK workers believe that they will never retire, while 17.1m working adults - 44 per cent - think they will work past their state pension age, according to research...

Employers are thinking more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues all the time. ESG concern is valued by many customers, expected by a growing number of employees and frequently advocated by...

"Look around the UK benefits industry and you will notice that there are still far too few people who look like me.” Uche Enemchukwu, chief executive Nelu Diversified Consulting Solutions, is direct...

How will the regulator’s proposed ‘consumer duty’ rules differ from the ‘treating customers fairly’ regime?  We have yet to see the FCA’s draft proposals, which are expected to come into force next...

Former Hymans Robertson partner and DC consulting head Lee Hollingworth has joined Franklin Templeton as head of UK retirement. Hollingworth will be responsible for developing and leading Franklin Templeton’s DC pensions business in the...

Priorities have shifted as a result of the pandemic, with employers’ and employees’ expectations changing significantly. For large multinationals, this has meant a rethink on benefit strategies and global solutions, such as...

As an industry, the investment and savings profession is not representative of the population as a whole. While female employment rates across the board in the UK are not that far behind...

The Financial Conduct Authority will now require pension schemes to refer savers to Pension Wise guidance  before taking benefits.  Its policy statement on stronger nudges towards pensions guidance says “it is a...

Fit notes still require improvement a decade after their introduction, according to a Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing study. Howden polled 181 senior human resources, finance, and payroll experts and discovered that...

Leading employer organisations have called on the government to appoint a menopause ambassador as part of a series of recommendations in a new report titled ‘Menopause and Employment’. The Chartered Institute of...