UK

Hanneke Smits, CEO of BNY Mellon Investment Management, has been named the fourth global chair of The 30% Club. Smits has advocated for increasing gender diversity in the workplace throughout her career. She...

More than two in five or 41 per cent of UK customers say they are unsure of what to do next after getting information about pensions and retirement because they find it...

The Industry and Regulators Committee has criticised defined benefit (DB) pension funds for using leveraged liability-driven investing (LDI) strategies and is calling for steps to strengthen regulation and lessen the possibility of...

Legal & General has appointed Robert Waugh as the new chair of Trustees for the L&G Mastertrust. Waugh has more than 35 years of expertise in investments and pensions. Most recently, he...

Ross Trustees Services Limited and Independent Trustee Services Limited (“ITS”)  have merged to form Independent Governance Group Limited (“IGG”). LDC, a private equity investor who made a 2020 investment in Ross Trustees,...

Ethnic minorities are significantly less likely than white Britons to save money in a pension plan, placing millions of people in danger of facing financial trouble in old age, according to research...

The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) has called on The Pensions Regulator to simplify its draft funding code, saying the new rules are ‘over the top’, will put undue burdens on schemes...

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is urging the government to scrap the 25 per cent tax-free lump sum in a report published today which also suggests including pension pots in the inheritance...

Zedra has appointed two new client development directors as the firm continues to expand its client base and grow its senior team. Archie Irtizaali will be based Zedra’s Jersey office and will...

Aviva joins The Group for Autism, Insurance, Investment and Neurodiversity as an ‘Industry Transformer’ member. Aviva has pledged to engage, inform, and support neurodivergent people so they may succeed in the workplace...