Pensions

Aviva has appointed Doug Brown to be the new chief executive of its UK and Ireland Life Insurance division.  Brown is currently chief executive of Canada Life in the UK and will...

Currencies can be extremely volatile, especially when major political events such as Brexit occur. This can  have a significant impact – negative or positive – on the value of investments. In a globally...

With over £100bn of defined contribution (DC) assets, Legal & General is the largest DC pension provider in the UK. The company conducted a five-year study on our members’ retirement choices during the period...

Key data standards have been published by the Pensions Dashboard Programme, which will underpin the technology used to deliver this service.  While this news has been widely welcomed by the industry, some...

BlackRock’s voting record shows it has been undermining the objectives of a climate action coalition it has only recently joined, according to Eli Kasargod-Staub, CEO of pressure group Majority Action. Speaking to Corporate...

Already partnering with Aon, Mercer, SEI, LEBC and Nationwide, Moneyhub’s open finance platform is also in talks with several household name pension providers about bringing its data aggregation, analytics and tools to...

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) could be merged with a competitor, as its parent State Street explores ways to achieve scale in the increasingly competitive asset management sector, according to reports. The...

With dental and optical the top two benefits on healthcare cash plans, the closure of these services during lockdown presented a challenge to the sector. But, by being forced to find other...

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...