Companies with good, or improving track records on social and governance factors tend to outperform those with static or worsening track records, according to research by Hermes Investment Management. This is the...
Mobius Life has now transferred its group pension business to Scottish Friendly. Mobius Life is an independently-owned provider of institutional services to corporate pension schemes. This deal, which was announced in June,...
LifeSight, the master trust offered by Willis Towers Watson, has confirmed it is the provider that has filed the sole application for authorisation that TPR had received by the end of October...
The newly launched Cost Transparency Initiative will work on implementing, promoting and encouraging the use of new cost transparency templates across the pensions and investment industries. The templates are designed to allow...
BlackRock has expanded its multi-asset product range with the launch of a new ESG-focused strategic growth fund. BlackRock says this launch is in response to “growing appetite” among UK pension schemes for...
Pension trustees are increasingly concerned about cyber-risks, the threat Brexit presents, and the prospect of a dramatic market correction, according to new research. Trustee and governance services provider PTL has published the results...
The data shows investment proposition is now even more influential than charges and efficiency of administration, with 66 per cent of consultants and advisers citing as one of the four most important...
In a landmark ruling the Supreme Court has prevented Barnardo’s pension scheme from switching the inflation measure used to uprate annual pensions. The children’s charity Barnardo’s currently uprates pensions in line with...
The research, published by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, says pension providers would see “reputational benefits” from promoting these protection measures more prominently. The research, undertaken by Populus, found t 29 per...
There is much confusion over and even resistance to the central idea of CDC pensions, - that targeted pensions may be cut if investment returns disappoint, even though this is a constant...
