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Average annuity rates have reached a 14-year high, rising by 52 per cent over the past nine months, according to recent data from Canada Life. According to the data, the break-even point—the...

Sackers has hired associates Sam Taylor, Bethan Rowlands and George Carr. Taylor, Rowlands, and Carr will provide trustees and employers with advice on a variety of DB and DC concerns, such as...

Healix Health Services has added a bespoke benefit to its corporate healthcare trust plan to support employees needing professional assessment and treatment for their neurodevelopmental disorders. Healix says its service assists employees in...

Participation in workplace pensions increase by nearly 38 per cent since auto-enrolment was introduced 10 years ago but 46 per cent of UK consumers are still not confident that they’ll have enough...

Legal & General says it remains in strong health despite the market volatility that has rocked the Liability Driven Investment (LDI) sector and led to emergency Gilt purchases by the Bank of...

The accounting surplus of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes for the 350 largest UK-listed companies fell to £5bn at the end of September, according to Mercer’s FTSE350 analysis. Liabilities decreased due to higher...

Smart Pension has partnered with AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) on the AXA WF ACT Biodiversity fund. Smart Pension chief investment officer Paul Bucksey says: “We are focused on achieving the best...

Verlingue, a chartered insurance broker, has received bronze accreditation from independent assessor EcoVadis for its ESG strategy. Verlingue director of operations Andrew Sugden is in charge of the ESG project, while director...

Significant FTSE100 corporations' pension assets are producing seven times more carbon emissions than their respective businesses, according to a new analysis by Richard Curtis' climate finance campaign Make My Money Matter and...

Benenden Health is making its private healthcare option available to intermediaries through the workplace. According to Benenden Health, this offers an affordable alternative to private healthcare within the intermediary market. The option targets...