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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is leading the charge on the battle of the bulge. It’s a personal mission and the timing, in theory, couldn’t be better considering the link between obesity and...

The new rules, including the ban on contingent charging, in FCA Policy Statement 20/6, come into effect next month and we are already starting to see advisers change their processes and pricing....

‘Nudge’ tactics could boost the pensions of younger savers by up to £142,000, according to new research.  Scottish Widows and the Behavioural Insights Team, a leading behavioural science organisation, researched the key...

I’m sorry to announce that I’ve been made unemployed. Not from my day job, thank Christ, at least not yet, but from my role as a trustee on the Telegraph’s staff pension...

Market volatility since the outbreak of the global pandemic triggered wild variations in the value of defined contribution pension plans. The so-called global indicator of “fear” among investors - the CBOE VIX Index...

The Department of Work & Pension has set up a taskforce to address the issue of small pension pots that are proliferating within workplace pensions. The move has been welcomed by the...

The Pension SuperFund has appointed James Pearce as its new chief financial officer. Pearce joins from Just Group where he was director of group finance. In this role he was responsible for...

Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing has partnered with low cost health insurer Equipsme. Howden says this partnership will enable it to offer new options to employers who want to extend health benefits...

More than one in three savers want ‘greener’ pension options - but the vast majority of consumers do not know whether their retirement savings are environmentally-friendly.   New research from Scottish Widows...

The lower paid could opt out of workplace pensions, but still receive financial contributions from their employer, under radical industry proposals to reform the auto-enrolment system.  The industry-body TISA (the Investing and...