UK SME leaders are prioritising employee wellbeing, with 92 per cent willing to pay higher insurance premiums for enhanced wellbeing services. According to a survey of 500 senior managers from UK SMEs,...
The proportion of employers tracking staff with disabilities rose significantly from 50 per cent in 2023 to 71 per cent in 2024, according to Grid. The number of disabled employees increased from...
Mercer has appointed Deborah Frost as the new chair of trustees of the Mercer Master Trust, effective from April 2025. Frost has held executive, non-executive, and board director positions in the technology...
Nearly one in five UK adults have experienced family disputes due to a lack of conversations about inheritance planning, with a quarter believing that avoiding these discussions could lead to future conflicts,...
An investigation by the Pensions Ombudsman’s Pensions Dishonesty Unit (PDU) has resulted in a £5.2m repayment order for trustees found personally liable for breaching their duties and facilitating pension liberation arrangements. Trustees...
BBC soap Eastenders has featured a pension scam storyline with a long-running character, 61-year-old Jean Slater, who is scammed into transferring her pension into a “high return investment” after receiving what she...
Half of UK DC savers worry they can't save enough for retirement, with concerns about pension contributions and retiring "with dignity," while younger generations show strong interest in automated savings solutions, according...
DB scheme trustees should consider more than just price when selecting an insurer for buy-in or buy-out, according to Hymans Robertson's new paper. According to the paper, as schemes go towards buy-out...
Broadstone has surpassed its sustainability target by saving over 17 tonnes of CO2 emissions through energy efficiencies and donating outdated IT equipment to the Turing Trust for educational use in developing countries,...
To date, Muslim savers have only had a limited choice of investment options for their workplace pensions. However, a number of providers are now expanding the range of Sharia-compliant investments available to...
