It was great to attend the recent Corporate Adviser Summit 2022, where I ran an interactive workshop on the future of investing in default funds. The session focused on how investment strategies...
The pensions industry has long been responsible for investing in and financing businesses and industries that have caused catastrophic damage to the climate. On average a pension pot in the UK finances...
Demand for annuities has risen strongly on the back of higher rates, with a leading provider seeing a 58 per cent increase in quote volumes during 2022. Higher annuity rates have been...
It seems like everybody’s shouting about the state pension. On one side, you have the triple lock abolitionists. They are usually young; but not always. Indeed the comments published online below some...
It’s not news that women’s salaries – or pensions – lag behind men’s, but what can be done? LGIM’s latest research, gathered as UK savers face the largest price spike for decades,...
The government has proposed a series of 30 regulatory changes for the financial services industry. Several EU regulations are being examined, overturned, and changed. The package is the largest revision of banking...
Group risk and health apps are now exploding with digital features enabling employees to access wellbeing solutions from virtually any place and at seemingly any time. This lockdown-boosted surge in innovation is...
Companies are being held back from taking employee benefits digital, despite increasing demand from employees for EAP, mental health support and physical health services, according to new research. According to the UK...
DB Pension scheme members could benefit from a 5 per cent uplift in their pension benefit if the corporate sponsor defers buy-out by 5 years. According to Hymans, deferring buy-out is advantageous...
Only one-third or 34 per cent of working women consider the impact of reducing their hours on workplace pension contributions, compared to nearly two-thirds of men, according to Phoenix Insights. The report,...
