Up until very recently it is easy to imagine that many people might be wondering why equity markets in Europe and the US had been performing so well. The Chinese...

Neyber, the financial wellbeing and payroll lending provider, is in talks with accountancy firm BDO about funding options including a possible sale or capital-raising, according to media reports. Sky News...

Widening inequalities in healthy life expectancy mean the majority of Britons will develop disabilities before state pension age that could leave them relying on working age benefits for support, a...

Flexible working and work-life balance initiatives are the most popular ways to support employees’ emotional wellbeing according to research amongst HR decision makers undertaken on behalf of Group Risk Development (Grid). Of...

Rising full withdrawals and unsustainable annual withdrawal rates risk seeing pensioners run out of money in retirement, an Association of British Insurers report has warned. The report says 40 per...

Opt out rates for auto-enrolment remain low, despite last April’s increase in contribution rates, according to the latest data published by the Department of Work and Pensions.  Its Automatic Enrolment...

It is now five years since the introduction of pension freedom rules, but there is still widespread confusion about retirement options, particularly among the 50-plus age group.  One in four...

The new chancellor Rishi Sunak, has dropped plans to reduce higher rate tax relief on pensions, according to reports this weekend.  Briefings suggest this change of plan comes after fierce...

Advisers have called on the government to provide urgent clarification on equalising guaranteed minimum pensions in order to address concerns by trustees and sponsoring companies.  HMRC has recently published guidance...

Finding common ground between providers and intermediaries on UK defined contribution (DC) default fund approaches is a tricky business. In the first camp, there are those who say long investment time...