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Barnett Waddingham has appointed David Stoddard as its chief operating officer. Stoddard joins from Baringa Partners where he launched and led the the growth of their life and pensions team. The COO...

Broadstone has appointed Marc Devereux to be its new director of investment consulting. Broadstone says the appointment will help the employee benefits and pension consulting firm further develop its proposition in this...

Never, when I used to do face-to-face pitches, would I ever have been interrupted by a rabbit – that’s just been one of the many challenges of the new virtual pitching environment in...

A strong faith in nudge and a deep focus on conflicts of interest are the two themes that emerge when talking to Baroness Jeannie Drake, the Labour peer who was one of the original...

Older homeowners released £1.42bn of property wealth in the first half of 2020, despite the coronavirus pandemic hitting sales of equity release schemes. The latest figures from Key’s Equity Release Market Monitor...

Vanguard’s head of pensions, Andrew Marker, will replace Tom McPhail as chair of the Star Steering Group, which aims to improve standards on pension transfers.  The steering group is made up of...

He’s arguably the most influential pensions opinion-former, lobbyist and commentator of the last two decades. He’s been on text or direct message terms with virtually every pensions minister this century. His contact book...

The head of the London Stock Exchange has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority.  Nikhil Rathi has been appointed for a five year term and will...

Aviva Investors has appointed Andy Seed to the newly created role of head of DC solutions. In this new role Seed will help develop the company’s offering in the DC market, and...

Aegon has strengthened its workplace business team with the appoint of Max Gist as employee benefit consultant (EBC) account manager.  Gist joins from Scottish Widows. He will report to the EBC director...