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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published a list of 43 signatories to its UK Stewardship Code. With 236 signatories total, the assets under management (AUM) rose from £33.3 trillion to £40.7...

When new ministers are appointed there is a risk that they simply roll forward everything that their predecessors had set in train.  But change of leadership offers a good opportunity to reassess...

Chloe Smith MP has been appointed secretary of state for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). Smith replaces Thérèse Coffey who has been named as the new secretary of state for...

Only 18 per cent of employers offer their male employees urological support, according to new research from Peppy. Peppy warns that failing to address this will come at a tremendous cost to...

Digital employee benefits platform provider Cloud8 has made two senior appointments to its team, Mark Carman, former Aon business development director, and Julie Rouffiac, a chartered accountant. Carman, who previously held roles...

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has made four reappointments to the Nest Trustee Board. These reappointments include Helen Dean, who is also CEO of Nest, and Richard Lockwood,  the...

Employees who opt out of their workplace pension scheme, to help them cope with the cost-of-living crisis risk losing employer contributions and tax relief, which may be more than the short-term savings...

State pension is expected to increase from April 2023 and will cost in the region of £11bn if inflation reaches 12 per cent for the year to September 2022, according to research...

Phoenix Group has made two key appointments to its executive committee with Bríd Meaney promoted to Heritage CEO as well as Jackie Noakes who becomes chief transformation officer This is following the...

The pensions industry has urged caution over proposed plans merge a number of financial regulators into one ‘mega-regulator’.  These plans were initially proposed on the campaign trail by Liz Truss. Now she...