Climate-related risk, including biodiversity, systemic risks, such as the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the triple lock and related issues of an ageing population have all been identified as risk...
The proposed $30bn merger of Aon and Willis Towers Watson has collapsed following intervention by the US Department of Justice. The two parties have terminated an agreement that would have created the...
Fidelity International has appointed Jenny Segal as global head of workplace investing distribution. Segal joins from AMG where she was head of European distribution and global head of consultants. Segal is a...
Joint action from the Financial Conduct Authority and The Pensions Regulation is critical to improving the consumer journey on pensions according to Aegon. Its comments come in response to TPR’s and the...
There has been a dramatic recovery in UK dividends over the second quarter of this year, with payment up 51.2 per cent according to figures from Link Group. This comes after a...
Smart Pension has appointed former Mercer DC investment strategist James Lawrence as head of investment proposition. Lawrence will develop and lead investment strategy for the Smart Pension Master Trust, which has £1.8bn...
Employee benefit consultancy Vested has joined forces with Husky, a specialist in AE administration, to provide employers with a comprehensive group pensions advisory and administration solution. Vested, part of the Embark Group,...
Kay Ingram has left LEBC to pursue a new venture as a personal finance commentator and broadcaster. Ingram, a qualified chartered financial planner, had been with LEBC for 18 years. She had...
Stoneport, the DB pension consolidator scheme from Punter Southall, has appointed Margaret de Valois as a new senior consultant. De Valois is a qualified actuary who has previously worked at Western Pensions,...
Moving to a flat rate of pensions tax relief would not significantly improve the retirement incomes of lower earners according to a new report from the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association. This...
