UK

Trustees are optimistic about the progress being made on GMP equalisation with more than half (55 per cent) expecting to be making pensions in payment on an equalised basis by the end...

Employers are being warned that they are obliged to provide free eye-teste for employers, regardless of whether they are working at home or in the office, as evidence suggests there has been...

One in four people would increase pension contributions if they understood tax relief better, according to new research. The survey by Royal London found that a significant proportion of people do not...

The UK’s largest companies have ploughed £200bn into their DB schemes since 2007 to avoid a drop in funding levels. However despite this large sum, pension consultants LCP say most of this...

Three out of four employers remain unaware of how a life insurance payment can impact on a beneficiary's pension allowance according to new research from Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing.  This survey,...

Legal & General paid out £323m in group protection claims last year, an 5 per cent increase on 2019 figures. The data published by the insurer indicates its focus on rehabilitation and...

Almost eight out of 10 (78 per cent) of pension funds expect markets to enter a commodity “super cycle” with the price of precious and industrial metals trading above their long-term price...

The pensions industry is being asked by the main regulatory bodies for input on how to improve the consumer pension journey. This call for feedback is being made by The Pensions Regulator...

New regulatory rules aim to clamp down on “phoenixing” were firms close down their businesses to avoid paying customer compensation,  but then re-emerge under a different name. The Financial Conduct Authority is...

Fifty companies have signed up to Make My Money Matter’s new green pension charter, which is calling for a net zero pensions industry.  Signatories to this new charter include IKEA, Octopus Group,...