UK

FCA proposals to compel retail pension providers to offer a default 'lifestyle' fund have been criticised by AJ Bell. These proposals aim to bring non-workplace pensions in line those offered via the...

There has been a profound shift in the employee benefits market in recent years, from products and policies that are predominantly designed to kick in when employees are ill, injured or signed...

When it comes to retirement planning there’s a lot of knowledge around, and even more ignorance.  The pensions world is curiously split in this regard.  The private wealth market, predictably, says that...

Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) schemes are close to being a reality in the UK. On 16 December 2021, the DWP laid the regulations before Parliament that provide for CDC schemes, and specifically...

A third of office workers haven't been back in the workplace since March 2020 but businesses are now concerned about the likelihood of employee lawsuits in the months ahead, according to Gallagher....

Around a third or 30 per cent of the over 55s with defined contribution pension plans intend to use the equity in their main home to fund their retirement income, according to...

In the UK, 1 in 3 people living with cancer are of working age according to the MacMillian  foundation. In practice, this means that the human resources (HR) department of a large...

Half of all the UK’s £2 trillion private sector DB pension scheme liabilities are expected to be insured by the end of 2031 according to Hymans Robertson. Publishing its annual risk transfer report,...

Three quarters of trustees are rethinking their DB endgame planning on the back of strong funding progress according to the Pensions Management Insititute. Its annual UK Fiduciary Management Survey, published with Schroders...

The CIPD has called for employers to better support employees with Long Covid to return to, or stay in, work. But insurers like ourselves are already providing this support to many employers...