Pensions

Aon is set to buy Willis Towers Watson for $30bn, in a move that will create an $80bn consultancy giant. The deal values Aon at $50bn and Willis Towers Watson at $30bn....

The gender ‘pensions gap’ is significantly worse than the gender pay gap, and the problems should be addressed in this week’s Budget. Leading pension campaigner Ros Altmann claims women are losing out...

More than half of employers say their staff want them to develop clear policies on sustainability and the environment, according to a new benefits survey. This has increased sharply over the past...

The income gap for pensioners has almost doubled over the past 10 years, with those in  the richest households seeing their private pension income grow at a far faster rate.  New figures...

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...

Guy Opperman MP, the minister for pensions and financial inclusion, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the Corporate Adviser Master Trust & GPP Conference in London later this month. Opperman...

David Attenborough’s recent series, Seven Worlds, One Planet was hard to miss. The opening episode alone attracted some 7 million views. The series focuses on the natural world and frequently references climate...

At the end of last year, ShareAction published a review of the 16 largest master trusts by assets under management (AUM). The review set out to explore how environmental, social, governance (ESG)...

Next week’s Budget will change the pension tax rules, according to reports, to ensure doctors — and other higher-paid public sectors workers — aren’t hit with tax bills for overtime. The Financial Times...

Many employees still feel confused about pensions and only just over half think their workplace pension will provide an adequate standard of living in retirement, according to new research. However the Institute...