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The coronavirus pandemic is likely to exacerbate the gender savings gap, with a greater proportion of women saying they will decrease pension contributions in the next six months. Recent research by Aegon...

Bulk annuities sales have proved to be resilient despite difficult market conditions, with almost £13bn of business placed in the first half of this year. According to Aon this is the fourth...

Learning from other countries’ pension reforms is difficult to do as the political and economic context from which such systems emerge are often very different. This means that it is not usually...

I’ve been waiting for a while for anyone to come up with a good argument as to why introducers – particularly those that intervene on DB pension transfers – should not be banned....

 As  with  several other regulatory initiatives, the implementation of investment pathways has been delayed due to Covid-19. The reform had been due to come into force in August, which would have meant investors following...

Never, when I used to do face-to-face pitches, would I ever have been interrupted by a rabbit – that’s just been one of the many challenges of the new virtual pitching environment in...

Aon is offering a new low cost health plan for employees in conjunction with Equipsme. The product is being aimed at UK businesses who may be reviewing their health strategies and looking...

Salvus Master Trust has today announced that it has been selected as the replacement default scheme for the Ascot Lloyd Pension Trust. This master trust which was set up in 2010 exited...

Covid-19 is dominating the corporate healthcare space, with organisations looking at ways to keep employees safe in the workplace. But, with this focus meaning that other serious diseases have gone undiagnosed, a surge...

Dalriada Trustees - one of the UK’s largest independent trustee firms - has appointed with Minerva Analystics to asses asset managers’ ESG and stewardship records.  As part of this partnership Minerva will...