The Pension and Lifetime Savings Association has strengthened its stewardship and voting guidelines to reflect the recent Covid crisis and new climate regulations. These guidelines warn pension fund investors to check whether...
Globally women receive 26 per cent less income than men in retirement, according to new report from the OECD. This international research looks at the gender pension gap across a OECD countries,...
The Department of Work and Pensions has announced that it will shortly begin consulting on plans to introduce simpler annual benefit statements for workplace pensions. This announcement by the pensions minister Guy...
Those approaching retirement run the risk of exhausting their pension funds as they are failing to plan for their retirement according to new research from Standard Life. The provider says that a...
iPensions Group has launched a new Irish transfer service for Sipps. This new proposition will enable Irish expatriates and those with Irish pension benefits to consolidate Irish, UK and other overseas pensions into...
Towergate Health & Protection is warning employers they urgently need to improve engagement with employees as the economy moves out of lockdown. Employers who fail to do this could lose staff warns...
Investments into ESG funds look set to double during 2021, according to new research, with investors planning to move funds to support companies with higher sustainability ratings that are making a positive...
There has been a significant increase in the number of companies who are addressing the climate crisis, according to latest research from Schroders. It’s Climate Progress Dashboard (CPD), assesses individual companies on...
Over a third (38 per cent) of pension scheme trustees with fiduciary managers are planning to review their manager before mid-June according to new research by Hymans Roberston. The pension consultants said...
There is a clear opportunity for advisers to offer more ‘intergenerational’ financial planning, with two-thirds of people accessing financial advice using the same adviser as their parents. This research, by Prudential, suggests...
