Interest rate rises have caused a significant year-on-year drop in the number of equity release products sold, although there are some signs of modest recovery. Figures published by the Equity...

Smart Pension has partnered with Mercer to launch a new pension proposition aimed at the SME market.  The offering – Mercer Smart Pension – combines the Smart master trust with...

Canada Life UK has appointed Rebecca Gladstone to the newly created role of head of public policy. Gladstone was the stakeholder and public affairs manager at the Financial Services Compensation Scheme...

Nest has partnered with BlackRock and will use its Aladdin platform to manage the risk of its investment strategy.  This platform will allow Nest to monitor more than 3,000 risk...

Norton Motorcycles’ former owner has been given an eight month suspended jail sentence for taking almost £11m from pension scheme members to invest in his failing business. The Pensions Regulator...

The amount of money HMRC has refunded on pension withdrawals has doubled in the space of a year, as pension savers continue to be hit with unnecessary tax penalties.  Figures...

Independent Governance Group (IGG) has appointed Clare Member to be head up its its outsourced governance services team. Kember has worked for IGG for eight years and has more than...

Neglecting women’s health in workplace is costing the UK economy £20.2bn a year – according to a new report from Axa Health. Its research found that almost seven out of...

Almost one in two DB scheme sponsors want an insurer buy-out, most within the next 10 years, but consultants are urging a ‘wait and see’ approach as legislative changes could...

Defined benefit (DB) transfer values fell by 3 per cent in September, driving a fall of 15 per cent over 12 months, and leaving transfer values a third lower than...