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Aviva, in collaboration with charity Age UK, has launched a mid retirement MOT pilot programme which looks to ensure that savings last longer. An Aviva and Age Uk report found only half...

By early 2027 the UK is set to become the first G7 country to issue a digital sovereign bond, with plans for future issuance to come, according to Chancellor of the Exchequer...

The default funds of large defined contribution master trusts are already collectively 8.9 per cent invested in private markets, little more than a percentage point short of the targets set by the...

The Pensions Regulator has published a corporate strategy centred around the concept that people have a sustainable income in retirement. TPR acknowledged that while automatic enrolment has transformed retirement saving in the...

Fidelity International has launched a retirement planning service, Plan for Life, alongside a dedicated financial coaching service for workplace pension scheme members. The service is designed to help pension savers in developing...

Employers estimate that for every £1 spent on health benefits, they receive £1.90 in value, according to a report from Simplyhealth. The research, conducted by Opinium from a survey of 5,000 employees...

Knowledge of drawdown, annuities, fees, charges and investment risk was generally low among ordinary retirement savers, with many struggling to differentiate between products or assess long-term implications, according to research by the...

The ABI has urged the Pensions Commission to set out a clear roadmap for gradually increasing automatic enrolment pension contributions from 8 per cent to 12 per cent by the end of...

Financial planning and customer engagement technology provider EV has named Chet Velani as chief executive. Velani is expected to lead the business as it enters a new phase of growth. He has...

If financial services had an oath, perhaps it should be this: ‘First protect’. Medicine is associated with the principle of ‘first, do no harm’. It is not literally the Hippocratic Oath, although...