XPS Group's trading solution, Xchange, has facilitated over £330 million worth of deals for pension schemes trading illiquid assets on the secondary market. XPS has been helping schemes trade these types of...
The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has launched a £1 million programme aimed at tackling the decline in new entrants to the financial advice profession. The three-year initiative called Pathway to the Profession...
The majority of defined contribution (DC) pension savers, 97 per cent, support investing their retirement savings into affordable housing, viewing it as a key social issue, according to research from Legal &...
Younger adults feel the most confident about their likely standard of living when they retire. More than four in 10 (44%) people aged 18–28 (Gen Z) expect their standard of living to...
Aviva has launched a new ‘flex first, fix later’ guided retirement solution for its workplace customers. This is initially available to those saving through Aviva’s master trust, with a view to rolling...
Making sure people have enough money in retirement remains one of the most pressing challenges facing the UK pensions industry. Auto-enrolment and Pension Freedoms reshaped how we save and spend, but with...
With pension adequacy firmly in the spotlight this month as the government unveiled a new pension commission, the pace of change around pensions isn’t letting up. Figures persistently show too many people are...
Royal London has boosted the equity allocation of its target lifestyle investment strategies during the growth phase. This change has been designed to improve retirement outcomes for members and will affect all...
Death-in-service benefits from a registered scheme will be excluded from inheritance tax when the government brings pensions into the IHT net in 2027. This was confirmed in details published yesterday, setting out...
There is a lot going on in the advice space. Between the polarised concepts of Guidance and Full Advice, we know from the FCA’s recent consultation paper (CP25/17), that the vision of...
