Pensions

Hymans Robertson has promoted William Chan to the newly created role of head of DC investment. In this new position Chan, who joined the company in 2015, will lead Hymans Robertson on...

Wellness in all its forms, financial, mental and physical, has rightly become a hot topic in workplace advice. Barely a week goes by without a new or enhanced service being announced. But...

Large employers are increasingly using third parties to review financial advice given on transfers from defined benefit pensions, according to a report in the Financial Times. It found that a number of...

Concerns have been raised that attempts to restrict higher rate tax relief on pensions could “kill off”  remaining DB schemes in the private sector, and create further funding issues for public sector...

US investment giant Vanguard has launched its first Sipp in the UK market.  Vanguard is one of the largest global asset managers and has built its business on offering low cost passive...

One in three single-employer trusts and one in five contract-based schemes expect to move into a master trust within the next five years, according to a survey conducted by Aon. The main...

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...