Pensions

The Association of British Insurers have appointed Baroness Kay Swinburne to be its new independent chair. Swinburne replaces Baroness Nicky Morgan who was the first person to hold the role. Swinburne has...

Are DC savers confident about their retirement plans? The simple and short answer is ‘no’. BlackRock’s 2024 UK Read on Retirement report found that the majority of adults in the UK are...

YuLife has welcomed the government’s recent welfare reforms that would transform support for individuals with health conditions with the aim to reintegrate into the workforce. According to Yulife, the scrapping of the...

Members of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are concerned government plans to allow employers to extract surpluses could put their retirement at risk, according to new research.  The polling of 1,000 DB members, by Pension Insurance...

Two years into his role as CEO of Independent Governance Group (IGG), indie rock-loving Mancunian Andrew Bradshaw has a vision of a new form of professional trustee firm.  For Bradshaw it is...

The Pensions Regulator will extend its oversight to professional trustee firms operating across the DC and DB market.  It said the decision to extend its regulatory reach follows evidence gathering with 11 of...

Equipsme, a business health insurance specialist, has appointed Stuart Reid as chair of the board.  Reid has extensive experience in insurance. He founded Stuart Alexander in 1993 and sold it to AXA....

Consultant-led provider LifeSight and SEI Master Trust delivered the highest returns for younger savers in the year to Q4 2024, returning 23.26 per cent and 21.05 per cent respectively. The Corporate Adviser...

The surpluses accumulated in DB schemes are key to unlocking investment in the UK economy and kick-starting the government's growth agenda, according to a new report from the Social Market Foundation. The...

First Actuarial is calling for a fairer approach from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) as pension redress remains at a historic low, urging a reassessment of pension transfer complaints in light of...