Row erupts over new climate change rules

Trust and contract schemes ‘planning switch to master trust’ – Aon research

One in three single-employer trusts and one in five contract-based schemes expect to move into a master trust within the ...

CA ESG Report: Three quarters of defaults bringing in ESG tilts, filters or screens

Three quarters of default funds already have or plan to introduce within 12 months some sort of filtering, screening or ...

CA ESG Report: AllianceBernstein has biggest ESG team

AllianceBernstein has the largest number of individuals conducting ESG analysis, with 126 research analysts all considering ESG specifically, according to ...

Scottish Widows sets up dedicated responsible investment team

Scottish Widows has created a new specialist team dedicated to responsible investment to integrate responsible investment activity across its fund ...

Full scale of advisers’ DB transfer PI woes revealed

Tenfold increases in professional indemnity insurance premiums and restricted cover terms are causing financial advisory firms to turn away clients ...

MetLife launches medical tele-underwriting

MetLife UK is launching a medical tele-underwriting service for its group risk products products in a partnership with Medicals Direct ...

Analysis: Is the Government interfering on trustees’ approach to climate change?

Earlier this week the PLSA attacked an amendment to the Pension Schemes Bill requiring large pension schemes to be compelled ...

DB transfers climb despite FCA advice clampdown

Defined benefit transfers hit their highest level for a year despite repeated signals from the FCA that it is unsatisfied ...