George Osborne ‘to join BlackRock’
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is set to join BlackRock, the world’s largest fund manager, according to media reports. Sky News is reporting that Osborne is set to take a...
Pensions
Annabel Tonry: How defaults should adapt to a slow growth future
Expectations of a slow growth future mean default funds will have to be creative if they are going to deliver says JP Morgan Asset Management client adviser, UK defined contribution Annabel Tonry...
April salsac changes to hit quarter of employers
A quarter of employers will be forced to make adjustments to their benefits package by April following chancellor Philip Hammond’s decision to curtail some salary sacrifice benefits, new research has found. In...
‘Brexometer’ index – institutional investors neutral on holding UK assets
The impact of Brexit on institutional investors’ attitude to holding UK assets is broadly neutral, with 63 per cent expecting to maintain their holdings of UK assets in the coming six months,...
Two senior pension hires at LGIM
Legal & General Investment Management is appointing Anna Troup and Mehdi Guissi to its institutional pensions Solutions Group. Troup joins as head of UK bespoke solutions, working across LGIM’s investment and distribution...
Carer grandparents missing out on state pension credits
More than 100,000 grandparents and other family members are missing out on valuable state pension credits for looking after their grandchildren while their mother returns to work, a Freedom of Information request...
Aviva adds child-specific illnesses to group CIC
Child-specific illnesses such as cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy are to be covered in Aviva’s group critical illness offering, a move the insurer is describing as a first for the...
Snowballing auto-enrolment breaches see 1 in 7 miss staging date
Auto-enrolment staging defaults are accelerating with one in seven businesses applying to Aviva for a workplace pension made their application after their staging date had passed, figures from the provider show. Figures...
Surprise jump in inflation – Market reaction
Year-on-year CPI inflation rose to 1.6 per cent in December, 0.2 per cent higher than market expectations, with the impact of the weak pound on the cost of imports largely responsible for...
Mercer and Zurich in £300m streamlined longevity hedge deal
Mercer and Zurich have struck a £300m streamlined longevity hedge deal, taking the level of such deals done since December 2015 beyond £1bn. The deal, which Mercer says is the fifth of...
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