Pensions

UK defined benefit funds have long been allocating to what is broadly termed ‘alternative’ assets. According to the Pension Protection Fund’s Purple Book, UK private sector DB funds invested on average 15 per cent of...

LCP has announced that former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb is to join the firm as a partner. He joins from Royal London where he has been policy director since 2015. At...

Finch Insurance Brokers and Employee Benefits and Verlingue Limited, which was rebranding from ICB Group on 1st December 2019, have merged under the brand name of their French EBC and broking giant parent...

With a couple of decades’ head start on the UK’s auto-enrolment system, Australia’s superannuation market offers numerous insights for British pension professionals. Perhaps most striking is just how huge the market will...

It is widely recognised that one of the biggest challenges in long-term savings is getting customers really engaged with their savings. The FCA green-lighted many highly innovative approaches in their feedback Statement...

Now that most of us have had a well-deserved break since an all-consuming General Election campaign, we can all go about our business in this new year as normal, right? For many...

Former pension minister Baroness Altmann has described the FCA’s overhaul of the Financial Services Register as a “scammer’s charter”,  accusing it of diminishing consumer protection and making it harder for trustees to...

The new Pension Schemes Bill will be published today, after being introduced to the House of Lords yesterday.  This bill — which was included in the recent Queen’s Speech — contains legislation...

Almost nine out of 10 employers are set to review their pension provider this year, according to new research. The research by Smarterly found that more than one in two employers(54 per...

The Chancellor, Sajid Javid has confirmed his first Budget will be held on March 11 this year. It is widely expected that this will contain proposals to reform the current pension system,...