Almost half of UK workers believe current economic challenges will make it harder to retire 'comfortably' while one in three now expect to work beyond retirement age. This latest survey by Smart...
The Financial Conduct Authority has called for improvements in the way private market investments are valued, to ensure ‘fairness’ and 'confidence' in the sector, as fund managers and DC schemes increasingly seek...
Defined benefit scheme funding has held steady in February, despite the more volatile economic backdrop. Figures from Broadstone’s Siruis Index, which monitors how various pension scheme strategies are performing on their journeys...
DC scheme assets have grown by 25 per cent, increasing from £164 billion in 2023 to £205 billion in 2024, according to Hargreaves Lansdown. This marks a ninefold increase, driven by contributions...
SPONSORED COPY Over half of the world’s population now live in cities, including many of our employees. They are experiencing the growing health impacts of a changing climate, with cities now responsible...
The performance gap between the best and worst-performing DC growth-phase default strategies widened to 14.4 percentage points in 2024, up from 9.7 per cent in 2023, according to Barnett Waddingham. The data...
Demand for private healthcare treatment continue to rise, with the third quarter of last year seeing the highest number of private hospital admissions on record. Figure from the Private Healthcare Information Network...
Yurtle has launched a new insurance product to provide additional support employees who are parents and carers. The product, Protect+, will provide cash support so parents and carers can find additional help...
Royal London Asset Management has appointed Lee Hollingworth to the newly created role of DC and retirement proposition director. In this role Hollingworth will focus on developing innovative pension propositions for both...
The Labour government has announced plans to change sick pay rules, to ensure the UK's lowest paid workers receive up to 80 per cent of their weekly salary from their first day...
