UK

Two new entrants are expected to enter the UK buy-in market in 2024 — according to pension consultants LCP.  Increased activity in this area, which has seen a record volume of buy-in...

At Scottish Widows, we are proud of our signatory status to the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) 2020 Stewardship Code. Our approach supports our climate action plan designed within the Paris Aligned Investment...

The huge expansion of pensions under auto-enrolment has created a far more diverse membership base — and regulation is only starting to catch up.  Describing the shift, Aviva head of savings and...

Progress is definitely being made by the group critical illness (CI) market as statistics from Swiss Re’s Group Watch show (see Box) In-force group CI policies (both employer-paid and voluntary) were 11.6 per...

Natixis Investment Managers has promoted Nathalie Bricker to the newly created role of deputy CEO.  She will report into the new CEO of the business, Philippe Setbon — who took on this...

October’s Black History Month served as a timely reminder to reflect on the complex relationship between ethnicity and pensions.  While it’s heartening to see increased focus and discussion on this issue, there’s...

Wellness trends, employee health needs and competitor pressures can make an organisation’s wellbeing programme look seriously out of shape. To ensure it keeps packing a punch, workplace wellbeing must be an ongoing...

Over the past few years we have seen unprecedented improvements in the funding levels of DB pension schemes. This has resulted in more DB schemes being in surplus and, as a result,...

Stakeholders from across the pensions industry and beyond have collaborated on a Guide to Net Zero Pathways for pension schemes seeking to reduce their carbon footprint in a sustainable manner, published this...

Half of large financial firms have yet to publicly disclose net zero targets, while one third of them would fail the new sustainability disclosure requirements, due to come into force at the...