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Pi Partnership has appointed John Cooper to its board, as the non-executive chair. Cooper has held a number of senior roles in the industry, as chief operating officer at Alexander Forbes and chief...

Gilt prices have risen sharply in recent months, on the back of volatile stock markets. One beneficiary of this has been those pension savers are still in schemes that are targeting an annuity...

There is a huge communications challenge for the pension industry, according to leading pension campaigner, Baroness Ros Altmann, in the wake of one of the most dramatic short-term market corrections in recent...

Mercer has launched a financial wellbeing resources hub to help employers, and their employees during the the Covid crisis.  This site will provide practical information for employers and includes an associated site...

Prior to the Covid pandemic, almost one in three medical appointments have been missed due to work pressures - and this is having  significant effect on productivity, according to new research. Research...

The consumer group Which? has launched a new scam alert service, aimed at preventing criminals cashing in on the coronavirus crisis. Those signing up to the service will receive warning about the...

Marketers love the F word. Some even over use it. Too much of the F word can affect your professional credibility. At best you could sound like an idiot. There’s no question...

The Covid crash was the test that pension funds didn’t want – at least not yet. It has proved an examination of the pensions sector on so many levels. Most fundamentally it has...

For centuries we have come to expect that we will live healthier, longer lives than our parents’ generation. But research led by Sir Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University...

The speed with which emergency pension measures have been announced is a testament to the severity of the situation, but also reflects a welcome departure from past measures which have often taken...