UK

Assets held in ethical funds have trebled over the last 10 years, and now total £16.7bn. However despite this growth, these funds account for just 1.3 per cent of all retail investment...

The vast majority of consumers support the introduction of a pensions dashboard, but would like it to do more than simply list their savings. Research conducted by Now Pensions found that three...

Increases in life expectancy have stalled, for the first time since 1982, when the Office of National Statistics began compiling this data. The ONS figures show that life expectancy at the age...

Up to 28m employees may be coming into work when ill, according to a new survey from Canada Life. Almost nine out of 10 (88 per cent) employees surveyed said they came...

New FCA research shows a significant upswing in the number of people seeking financial advice on retirement planning. According to the 2018 Financial Advice Market Review, 4.5m sought financial advice on pensions...

Mercer has accused the Competition and Markets Authority of using incorrect data and unrepresentative samples in its recent Investment Consultants Market Investigation. This probe look at consultants offering investment and fiduciary management...

Zurich UK’s recent ‘Cost of Resilience’ report found many of those who had taken unplanned work before - though ill-health or redundancy - had no financial provision in place to protect them...

Over the next decade employers will have to adapt to support four new working cultures, according to a forward-looking report from Unum and the Future Laboratory. This “Future Workforce” report says trends...

This iShares ETF will track the Thomson Reuters inclusion and diversify index, established three years ago in response to demand for data from those running ESG investment mandates. This index ranks more...

The Pension Regulator is getting tough with employers who don't comply to auto-enrolment regulations. In its latest report the watchdog revealed that the number of compliance notices it has issued almost doubled...