Government efforts to encourage pension savers to access free ‘guidance’ appear to be failing with no significant increase in the number of people accessing these services, according to the latest FCA figures....
Vanguard is launching a low-cost advice service targeting UK investors approaching retirement. Investors using Vanguard Personal Financial Planning will receive personalised retirement saving advice, and a tailor-made investment portfolio of Vanguard equity...
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) is supportive of government plans to ‘smooth’ performance fees so they can be incorporated with the the auto-enrolment charge cap. Publishing its response to the...
The impact of Covid-19 on workers’ finances has become a growing concern for employers this past year. Data from UK Finance, the trade body, showed that almost four million payment holidays were...
Cosan Consulting has launched ARM, a new administration resilience and mobility solution that offers what it claims is the UK’s first, cloud hosted, ‘escrow type’ independent data backup for pension schemes. Callsed...
When pensions freedoms were introduced in 2015, there were a significant number who were concerned about the bold new policy, fearful of the potential for unintended consequences. During the intervening six years...
Canada Life has appointed Lindsey Rix as its new UK chief executive officer following the departure of Doug Brown late last year. Rix joins from Aviva where she led their savings and...
Willis Towers Watson is the latest financial provider to commit to a net zero target by 2050. The company said that as part of this commitment it plans at least a 50...
Climate risk is a key concern for savers, but less than one in five people say they are currently using their money to invest in greener funds, according to new research. Aegon...
Aviva has appointed Rob Barker as its new managing director, UK Savings & Retirement. Barker was previously MD of Aviva’s health and protection business. In this new role he will be responsible...
