The past decade has seen illiquid assets increasingly celebrated as an important diversifier in pension funds looking for alternative sources of growth and income. While this was an easy argument to make during...
It is one of the largest benefits and insurance brokers in the US, but NFP is a brand that few people working in these sectors in the UK will be familiar with....
Four out of 10 companies are changing their employee benefits programmes in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the effect it has had on working patterns. The study, by Willis Towers Watson,...
Over the last few weeks, calls have been made for us to rethink or abandon the first consultation on our draft DB funding code. The arguments are that it was written in...
Almost three out of four women aged 40 or over want their pension funds to divest from companies with poor pay practices, according to a new survey. The survey by Legal and...
The Triple Lock on State Pensions was introduced in 2011 to protect pensioner incomes. Over many years, the Basic State Pension had fallen significantly behind general increases in income for the whole population...
Almost half of 18-30 year olds are saving more as a result of the lockdown, with 26 per cent of the UK population setting aside spare cash as a result of the...
The Pensions Regulator has warned trustees they must prioritise transfers between DC schemes during the Covid-19 pandemic. In an update to its Covid-19 guidance, the regulator also emphasised the role trustees have...
One of the world’s largest pension funds, run by the Norwegian government, has excluded seven oil companies for causing “unacceptable greenhouse gas emissions”. In addition it has also excluded five coal companies...
Fintech pensions provider Smart has made two new appointments to its board of directors. Stephen Morana, who was previously chief finance office at both Zoopla and Betfair, joins as an independent non...
