There is widespread support for Retirement CDC, but pension providers and consultants have warned the proposals carry significant complexity, so the government shouldn't "oversell" this new option as a default retirement solution....
Group life schemes provide employees with a cheap and impactful benefit. In reality, few of us will die while of working age, but for those that do, a substantial lump sum can...
Private market experts from both sides of the Atlantic will be joining Corporate Adviser and US DC alternatives industry body DCALTA in a special webinar which takes place next Wednesday at 2pm...
Twelve years ago my old boss penned a column in an IFA trade newspaper headlined: “Is Steve Webb p***ing in the wind on defined ambition?” So much has changed in the intervening...
After a year of celebrating targeted support as a concept, the industry is now shifting from principle to practice. Providers are preparing applications, building data strategies and mapping communications, all while trying...
The UK’s four million Muslims are poorly served by the pensions industry, and we need innovation from regulators, government, providers and industry professionals if we are to build a system that is...
Swiss Re appoints its current HR head for property & casualty reinsurance (P&C Re) Nicole Pieterse as its chief people officer, taking over from Cathy Desquesses. Pieterse joined Swiss Re in 2015 and...
The Government will look to introduce new legalisation, to put a wider definition of trustees' fiduciary duty onto a statutory footing. This announcement was made by the pensions minister Torsten Bell in...
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a new AI Live Testing programme, giving major financial firms a controlled environment to trial Artificial Intelligence and understand both its opportunities and its risks. The...
XPS Group has expanded its risk settlement team with five new appointments. The consultancy says this comes after a rise in buy-in transactions over the past year, and reflects the firm’s investment...
