More money for eating out, a higher personal grooming budget, and the inclusion of a Netflix subscription have now been included within the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s retirement living standards. These...
Bravo Benefits, a fintech employee benefits platform and consultancy, has joined the trade body Group Risk Development (Grid). Using cloud technology Bravo Benefits brings together employee benefits software, reward and recognition, communication,...
More than one in four adults (26 per cent) now have at least one pension pot of less than £5,000, as the problem of small pots across the pensions industry continues to...
More than a third of DB pension schemes (35 per cent) are on track to meet The Pensions Regulator's new ‘fast track’ regulations, according to benchmarking analysis from Hymans Robertson. Hymans Roberston...
With successful players likely to be those with scale, capital, deep behavioural insights and strong brands, surely the fast-growing DC sector is a fertile opportunity for a global bank. That was the...
The buyout finishing line has probably never been within reach for such a large group of defined benefit schemes. For a corporate sponsor, the time may therefore be ripe to get a...
Large DB pension schemes are lagging the DC pension sector when it comes to addressing climate change, with more than seven out of 10 schemes failing to set ‘robust’ net zero targets...
The government has two over-riding priorities for the occupational DC market in the year ahead: encouraging more investment into ‘productive finance’, and accelerating consolidation, particularly among smaller pension schemes. Speaking at the...
A new simplified advice option could be available within two to three years, with regulators and government looking at options to plug the advice gap for financial services. Speaking at the Corporate...
Mental health illness, which includes depression and anxiety, is now the most common medical condition in the UK. Research from Beneden Health found that more than 21 per cent of 25-34 year...
