UK

Homeowners in England and Wales could release an average of £69,600 in equity from their properties—a 20 per cent increase over the past five years. This is according to a new analysis...

Around 73 per cent of early career professionals agree that pension schemes should run-on even when they can afford to buy-out, according to a Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) survey. The annual...

Four in five pension transfers halted due to potential scam warnings have been for 'unknown' or potentially low risk reasons. These figures cover the past three years, when the Department of Work...

Almost eight out of 10 (77 per cent) of SMEs are planning to revamp their employee benefits packages in a bid to win and retain talent and address growing problems around employee...

More than 34 per cent of advisers believe efforts to meet the Consumer Duty’s products and services outcome have achieved nothing labelling it ‘a waste of time’ and saying ‘nothing has changed’,...

Rachel Reeves’ Mansion House Speech, and the interim report of the Pensions Investment Review, talk about the proposed consolidation reforms taking effect from ‘2030 at the earliest’. But their impact is being...

The surplus of UK pension schemes against long-term targets remained steady at £211bn in November 2024, up from £205bn in October, according to XPS Group. Liabilities increased in value, and financing levels...

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published updated covenant guidance for defined benefit trustees, that is aligned with its new funding code.  This update provides greater certainty over how TPR expects trustees to...

Foster Denovo has acquired Brian Mole Independent Financial Advisers for an undisclosed sum as it expands across the Midlands. Based in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, the practice becomes part of the financial advisory group after...

Canada Life has made two senior non-executives appointments to its board as it looks to transform and modernise its UK business. It has appointed Andy Parsons as an independent non-executive director. Parsons...