Pensions

An employee benefits platform offering group IP, critical illness, PMI and cashplans has gone live today and has been selected to enter the FCA’s regulatory sandbox safe trial zone. Described by its...

The state pension triple lock and winter fuel payment will remain in place for the rest of the current Parliament as a concession to Democratic Unionist Party in response for its support...

The FCA's proposals for DB transfer advice are being interpreted as relaxing the rules. But the jury is out as to whether they will make transferring easier or harder At first glance...

BlackRock has taken a significant minority stake in Scalable Capital in what it is describing as one of the largest funding rounds of a European digital investment manager. Scalable Capital's Adam French,...

The transfer value analysis requirement (TVA) used to assess suitability of DB transfers should be replaced with a comparison showing the value of the benefits being given up, says the FCA. The...

The value of workplace benefits is being increasingly recognised by employees as financial pressures increase, pushing financial wellbeing up the corporate agenda, new research suggests. A 55 per cent majority of employees...

UK active managers have reduced their transaction costs by a fifth over the last three years, research published ahead of the FCA’s release of its final report into the asset management sector...

The rumoured merger of Standard Life and Scottish Widows would create the biggest DC pension provider in the UK with over £70bn of assets under management, says research consultancy Platforum. Media speculation...

The Department for Work and Pensions’ confirmation that Guy Opperman will take the newly created role of Under Secretary of State for Pensions and Financial Inclusion has sparked fears it could signal...

Former England football captain Alan Shearer has settled his claim against against financial adviser Kevin Neal and Suffolk Life. Suffolk Life had been joined as a defendant in a £9m High Court...