Pensions

Aviva has appointed Chetan Singh as its new managing director of annuities and equity release. Singh who currently works for Aviva as chief strategy and M&A officer will take up the new...

Defined contribution (DC) pension contributions have returned to pre-Covid levels, with employee contributions up 12 per cent in the three months to September 2020 to £1.8 billion, new ONS data reveals. ONS...

The UK’s mandatory pension provision is nearly half the OECD’s average and retirees’ replacement rate has dropped by 9 per cent in a decade. The research, carried out by TISA, shows the...

Aviva has offloaded its Aviva Poland business to Allianz for £2.1bn, its eighth overseas disposal in as many months. The deal is the last in its strategy of refocusing on its core...

The Investment Association has published guidelines for the new green gilts the Government is planning to launch this year to tackle climate change, fund infrastructure projects and create green jobs. The IA...

Mercer has appointed Dianne Day of Independent Trustee Services to the Mercer Master Trust board, where she will join the administration and communications committee, working alongside the committee lead, Lisa Mundy. Day...

The latest data shows that stocks and indices with higher ESG ratings have continued to outperform non-ESG counterparts, across different markets and timescales. CLICK TO VIEW ALL THE VIDEOS FROM ALL THE...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a consultation to understand how occupational pension scheme trustees fulfil their duty to assess social factors in their stewardship activities, following ministerial concerns...

Hymans Robertson has promoted Shabna Islam to lead its master trust research and manage the firm’s relationships with DC product providers. Islam has almost 15 years’ experience in the pensions industry, having...

Pension tax relief remains untouched but a string of technical anomalies are to be ironed out in this year’s package of ‘tax day’ consultations. The Treasury has issued 30 consultations on technical...