Pensions

More than £35bn has been withdrawn from pensions since freedoms were in 2015 with £2.5bn withdrawn in Q1 2020, up 19 per cent on the same period last year.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

Tom McPhail, arguably the most high-profile pensions pundit of the last 20 years and one of the sector’s most influential lobbyists, is leaving Hargreaves Lansdown to work for a cycling and e-bike...

Some companies could see the levy paid to the Pension Protection Fund rise by £1m as a result of the Covid crisis, according to new analysis. Data from pension consultants LCP suggests...

Pi Partnership has appointed John Cooper to its board, as the non-executive chair. Cooper has held a number of senior roles in the industry, as chief operating officer at Alexander Forbes and chief...

Gilt prices have risen sharply in recent months, on the back of volatile stock markets. One beneficiary of this has been those pension savers are still in schemes that are targeting an annuity...