Pensions

Premier, the pensions, employee benefits and wealth management business, has appointed Alastair Aird as its chief executive officer to lead the firm’s plans for strategic growth. Aird has transitioned since the start...

Mercer has appointed former PwC pension risk transfer specialist Ben Stone as partner in its own risk transfer team. In his new role, Stone will advise clients on bulk annuity, member option...

The Pensions Regulator has issued its annual funding statement, urging trustees and employers to work together to manage the immediate financial problems caused by the Covid-19 lockdown. However TPR stresses that there...

Pension withdrawals incurred a record £167m of emergency tax payments to HMRC in 2019/20, up from just over £90m in 2015/16, according to figures released today. HMRC data published today shows £166,619,969...

More than £35bn has been withdrawn from pensions since freedoms were in 2015 with £2.5bn withdrawn in Q1 2020, up 19 per cent on the same period last year. The £2.5bn represents...

PROVIDER CONTENT Should default funds consider ESG factors or is offering a broad range of self-select funds sufficient? Many ESG factors are relevant to the financial performance of the fund so it...

PROVIDER CONTENT At Scottish Widows, we recognise that environmental, social and governance factors such as climate change are some of the biggest issues facing society today. As part of Lloyds Banking Group,...

Pension schemes are being urged to send DB members looking to transfer a Covid-19 transfer warning letter highlighting the risks of doing so during the pandemic, following new guidance from the regulator...

Scottish Widows has appointed Stuart Reid to a newly-created role of head of business development, to lead growth in its contract based and master trust schemes. He joins the insurer on 1st...

The 2019 update of the European Benchmark Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/2089) creates labels for benchmarks that are on a decarbonisation trajectory or are aligned with the Paris Agreement under the United Nations...