Pensions

The financial implications of the coronavirus pandemic are causing mental health problems for many of those in the ‘sandwich generation’.  More than half of adults aged 45 to 54 - who are...

Pension consultants have warned trustees and scheme sponsors about “highly contentious” small print buried in the new FCA guidance on pension transfers. This suggests that if schemes give personalised illustrations, showing the...

HR teams are spending around £6,000 per employee on benefits but have no idea if they are being used, according to a new report. Thomsons Online Benefits says HR departments have increased...

Trustee boards have adapted well during the Covid crisis and have embraced new ways of working and meeting according to Aon. However the professional services firm says there has been an increased...

The Covid crisis has not had a significant impact on the risk transfer market, which has remained buoyant during the first half of this year, with significant transactions being completed, according to...

Barnett Waddingham has appointed David Stoddard as its chief operating officer. Stoddard joins from Baringa Partners where he launched and led the the growth of their life and pensions team. The COO...

Corporate Adviser editor John Greenwood was grilled by a panel of MPs over concerns pension freedoms could lead to massive leakage of tax as individuals flush salary through pensions, avoiding huge levels...

Three quarters of DC and DB pension schemes believe they will be ready to join the pensions dashboards initiative provided they have two years to prepare, a Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association...

The cost of running the four biggest master trusts in the UK is £200m a year and costs across the master trust sector will rise to around £1bn a year by 2035,...

Larger occupational pension schemes and master trusts could be compelled to improve reporting over climate change risks, under proposals published by the Department of Work and Pensions today. In its consultation paper...