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...
The government has two over-riding priorities for the occupational DC market in the year ahead: encouraging more investment into ‘productive finance’, and accelerating consolidation, particularly among smaller pension schemes. Speaking at the...
A new simplified advice option could be available within two to three years, with regulators and government looking at options to plug the advice gap for financial services. Speaking at the Corporate...
During 2021 there has been the largest drawdown in total returns on long-dated US treasury bonds in the last 40 years. Talking to the Corporate Adviser Summit, Aviva Investors head of investment...
The pensions minister, Guy Opperman MP, has emphasised the Department for Work and Pensions’ commitment to the 2017 automatic enrolment review proposals that are due to be implemented by the mid-2020s. The...
