Husky Finance has partnered with Swoop Funding to to enable firms to manage workplace pension, payroll and salary exchange from a single benefits platform. Husky says that this collaboration should simplify pension...
Over 60 per cent of employees have resorted to borrowing for basic needs in the past year, utilising credit cards, savings, or loans from family and friends. According to a survey of...
Aon has appointed Craig Campbell as UK head of responsible investment. Campbell is a senior investment consultant and actuary with 17 years of expertise advising a diverse range of institutional clients. Campbell's...
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has appointed Kartina Tahir Thomson as its president, taking over from Kalpana Shah while Paul Sweeting joins the presidential team as president-elect. She has over twenty...
Legal & General has completed a £1.1 billion buy-in with the SCA UK Pension Plan, securing the benefits of 5,900 retirees and 3,600 deferred members. The sponsoring company, Essity Holding UK Limited,...
The Bank of England has reduced interest rates by 0.25 per cent to 5 per cent, marking the first cut since it was lowered to 0.1 per cent in March 2020. According...
More than eight out of 10 (84 per cent) annuity holders likely to qualify for an enhanced annuity do not have one of these higher-paying products according to new research. The figures,...
Most trustees are comfortable with employers taker a larger share of any DB surplus than employees, if a scheme runs on, according to new research. In a widespread survey of professional trustees...
Aviva has enhanced its group income protection and group critical illness policies by adding a new legal services benefit. This will be available to both insured and uninsured employees who work for...
The money raised via inheritance tax rose by 4 per cent in the 2021/ 22 tax year according to latest HMRC statistics. Figures show that while a marginally higher proportion of UK...
