The number of professional trustee appointments is slowing as the market matures and increasing numbers of defined benefit pension schemes have successfully moved through insurance buyout to wind up, according to a...
The consolidation of the market into 10-15 defined contribution ‘megafunds’ by 2035 will drive better outcomes and facilitate increase in private market allocations, claims a report published by Standard Life. The report...
Current pension contribution policy falls short of adequacy for many savers, and raising contributions to 12 per cent would significantly improve retirement outcomes for most low and middle-income households. This is according...
As AI evolves faster, the Financial Conduct Authority is re-thinking what it means to be an effective regulator, with greater emphasis on competition, collaboration and system-wide risk awareness, according to a speech...
The James Neill Pension Plan has completed a capital-backed investment (CBI) transaction with Portunes Pension Capital, in a deal understood to be only the second of its kind in the UK pensions...
Scottish Widows is launching a tool within its app, designed to help people to track down ‘lost pension pots’ from former employers and, if they choose to do so, merge separate pension...
More than one in four people in England their 60s are living in financially precarious circumstances and their numbers are set to grow significantly to over 2 million by 2035. The ‘Tale...
The Australian payroll and pensions firms, SuperChoice has appointed Paul Watson as a senior advisory consultant as it looks to expand across the UK. The fintech provides systems to connect employers, payroll...
A statutory capital pension in Germany is to be introduced into the country’s pension insurance system, modeled on the Swedish approach, according to a government report. The Swedish public pension system is...
Fees appear to be entering a new downward phase, with pricing pressure that has long characterised public markets now spreading into private markets, according to research by bfinance. Drawing on manager search...
