In theory, Covid-19 has made business focus on the basic needs of its people: salary, benefits, health and wellbeing. In practice, as our latest research shows, SME employers in particular might need...
The fear of ever-expanding regulation and the prospect of big bills for helping staff with financial matters has had a freezing impact on employers offering retirement guidance to their people. Punter Southall...
SPONSORED COMMENT With over £100bn of defined contribution (DC) assets, Legal & General is the largest DC pension provider in the UK. We conducted a five-year study on our members’ retirement choices...
More than one in four employers say employees have left their workplace pension scheme as a result of the Covid pandemic. There are concerns that this could unroll some of the gains...
One in eight adults aged 55-plus are planning to delay their retirement due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This research, conducted by YouGov for Smart shows the financial effects of this health crisis. ...
Perhaps the greatest risk to pension scheme trustees and members is the low rate future currently being carved out. It is odd to suddenly be talking about low rates when they’ve been...
There is a lot of talk about Big Data and its potential to make significant improvements in terms of both product design and engagement strategies, but few providers are offering this yet....
The soaring cost of professional indemnity insurance is impacting consumers ability to access pension freedoms, with a third seeing an increase of more than 50 per cent since last year. Research from...
Just 17 per cent of employers are using video conferencing for pension surgeries despite increased home working, research from Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing has shown. The research, which was conducted in...
Legal & General has extended its lead as the biggest UK DC pensions provider, growing its assets to £98.8bn by the end of June 2020, up 14 per cent year on year,...
