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Legal & General’s Private Markets Fund has appointed Invesco Real Estate, the £67.2bn global property arm of Invesco, to provide US and Asia real estate exposure. Launched in July to serve its...

Fewer than one in five workers have factored in potential care costs into their retirement planning according to new research from Barnett Waddingham.  The consultant says this is a major reason why...

Standard Life has completed a £1.5bn bulk purchase annuity transaction with Compass Group Pension Plan, securing the benefits of over 14,000 pensioner members and over 11,000 deferred members. Mercer acted as lead...

Younger workers are more likely than older colleagues to see the health benefits of office-based work, with 61 per cent of under-35s valuing its social components compared to 49 per cent of...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned six posters from Islamic fintech startup Wahed’s TfL campaign due to concerns over its content and messaging, with Wahed acknowledging that "visuals like those included...

2024 concluded as another annus horribilis for climate action, with COP29 blowing ‘hot air', reinforced geopolitical tensions overshadowing the climate crisis, and the re-election of Donald Trump in the US.  We only...

Standard Life’s workplace and intermediary adviser businesses have come together under the leadership of Gail Izat who has been appointed to the newly created role of managing director of workplace and retail...

Foster Denovo has acquired Verum Wealth, marking the firm’s seventh acquisition in just over a year and adding £87m of assets under advice to its recently established Glasgow hub. Verum Wealth’s founder...

Broadstone and Lovell Minnick Partners have signed an agreement for the private equity firm to make a strategic growth investment in the consultancy firm but financial terms were not disclosed. Lovell Minnick...

Smart has warned there is a danger that workplace pension reforms could create a “sub-optimal oligopoly” in the sector if it solely focuses on mega funds. In an interview with The Times...