Politics

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a consultation on reforming the charge cap on DC workplace pensions in today’s Budget.  This charge cap is currently set at 0.75 per cent. In his budget...

UK pension schemes fund an estimated 330m tonnes of carbon emissions every year according to new research. This analysis, by the campaign group Make My Money Matter and research house Rote2, says...

The Financial Conduct Authority has opened the door to wider DC investment in illiquid assets by setting out a new regulatory regime for long term asset funds.  In order to facilitate this...

The State Pension will be uprated by 3.1 per cent in April, following the publication of the inflation figures for September. Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, fell slightly between...

The government has today published its roadmap setting out the steps needed to make the UK a leader in sustainable and ‘green’ investments. As part of this roadmap the government will introduce...

The chair of the Financial Conduct Authority, Charles Randell, will leave his position in Spring 2022, a year before the end of his appointed term.  Randell, who has held this post since...

Despite writing about personal finances and pensions for nearly a decade I’m not immune from the odd moment of realisation. My most recent Damascene conversion was around the state pension and when...

The pensions industry has given a stark warning to politicians that current plans to increase the age at which people can access their retirement funds will “bake in complexity” to pension rules...

More money for eating out, a higher personal grooming budget, and the inclusion of a Netflix subscription have now been included within the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s retirement living standards. These...

Large DB pension schemes are lagging the DC pension sector when it comes to addressing climate change, with more than seven out of 10 schemes failing to set ‘robust’ net zero targets...