Three quarters of default funds already have or plan to introduce within 12 months some sort of filtering, screening or tilting to their investment strategy to reflect environmental, social and governance (ESG)...
AllianceBernstein has the largest number of individuals conducting ESG analysis, with 126 research analysts all considering ESG specifically, while BlackRock has the largest AUM of ESG assets, according to in-depth quantitative research...
Scottish Widows has created a new specialist team dedicated to responsible investment to integrate responsible investment activity across its fund range and meet evolving customer values and beliefs. The team is led...
Tenfold increases in professional indemnity insurance premiums and restricted cover terms are causing financial advisory firms to turn away clients needing government mandated advice on DB pension transfers, says The Personal Finance...
Earlier this week the PLSA attacked an amendment to the Pension Schemes Bill requiring large pension schemes to be compelled to report on their climate change strategies as a dangerous assault on...
Defined benefit transfers hit their highest level for a year despite repeated signals from the FCA that it is unsatisfied with transfer advice decision-making. XPS Pensions Group’s Transfer Activity Index recorded an increase in the...
Large pension schemes will be compelled to report on their climate change strategies under an amendment to the Pension Schemes Bill published today. The PLSA has attacked the amendment as a dangerous...
The former head of a charity for the disabled has been jailed for five years for defrauding the charity’s pension scheme out of more than £250,000. Patrick McLarry, 71, took funds from...
The Pensions Regulator should investigate why two thirds of pension scheme trustees are failing to comply with their environmental, social and governance (ESG) obligations, a new report from the UK Sustainable Investment and...
Defined contribution (DC) assets across the world’s six largest pension markets exceeded defined benefit (DB) assets for the first time in 2019, research from the Thinking Ahead Institute has found. The research...
