Mercer has launched a new tool to help pension schemes and other institutional investors assess how well they are integrating ESG considerations in their overall decision making. Its Responsible Investment Total Evaluation...
Financial advisers and wealth managers are hugely inconsistent when it comes to assessing risk, and often make “noisy” errors based on irrelevant factors - such as the weather or when they have...
There is further evidence of the success of rehabilitation and claims management services offers by GIP providers, with Unum reporting that more than 95 per cent of those accessing this service returned...
Trustees are optimistic about the progress being made on GMP equalisation with more than half (55 per cent) expecting to be making pensions in payment on an equalised basis by the end...
Employers are being warned that they are obliged to provide free eye-teste for employers, regardless of whether they are working at home or in the office, as evidence suggests there has been...
One in four people would increase pension contributions if they understood tax relief better, according to new research. The survey by Royal London found that a significant proportion of people do not...
The UK’s largest companies have ploughed £200bn into their DB schemes since 2007 to avoid a drop in funding levels. However despite this large sum, pension consultants LCP say most of this...
Three out of four employers remain unaware of how a life insurance payment can impact on a beneficiary's pension allowance according to new research from Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing. This survey,...
Legal & General paid out £323m in group protection claims last year, an 5 per cent increase on 2019 figures. The data published by the insurer indicates its focus on rehabilitation and...
Almost eight out of 10 (78 per cent) of pension funds expect markets to enter a commodity “super cycle” with the price of precious and industrial metals trading above their long-term price...
