A Pensions Schemes Bill has been included in the Queen’s Speech today, which lays out the legislative plans for the forthcoming parliamentary session. This bill includes legislation to enable the pensions dashboard...
The asset manager AllianceBernstein is collaborating with leading scientists to develop new research on climate risk and investment performance. This research project will be run from Columbia University’s Earth Institute. Scientific experts...
The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has renewed calls for the forthcoming pension bill to enable a rise to AE contributions, DB pensions to be simplified and for legislation to be included...
Punter Southall Aspire chief executive Steve Butler has published a book on the challenge of managing intergenerational workforces. Butler says this “demographic revolution” creates a number of challenges for workforces. The book...
Women who challenged changes made to the state pension age have lost their case in the high court today. These women had argued that the decision to raise the retirement age for...
ShareAction, the environmental campaign group, has launched a new digital platform to educate and engage pension savers as to how their retirement savings are invested. One of the key aims fo this...
Almost one in two savers (42 per cent) are worried that their pension funds will fall as a result of Brexit, according to new research. In contrast just 4 per cent of...
The world’s fifth largest pension fund, Dutch-based ABP, increased its fossil fuel investments last year, according to research from environmental activists. Analysis by four NGOs — including Greenpeace Netherlands and German NGO...
The issue of pension scheme governance has risen up the policy agenda dramatically in recent years driven primarily by the establishment and expansion of auto-enrolment. The extra scrutiny involved has seen both the...
From the start of October 2019, trustees overseeing auto-enrolment defined contribution schemes will be obliged, by law, to give due consideration to a greater number of factors that may impact the performance...
