The armaments sector is more likely to be excluded from default funds operating an ESG approach than the fossil fuel sector, according to an indepth report, ESG in DC Pensions,...

Fintech workplace savings business Smarterly has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Steve Watson as head of proposition and Mark Carman as head of communications. Watson was commercial...

New research suggests workplace pensions could boost returns by 10 per cent if they broadened the assets under management to include ‘illiquid alternatives’. This analysis was conducted by JLT Employee Benefits....

Pension consultants LCP have appointed Dan Mikulskis as a new partner in the company’s investment team. In this new role Mikulskis will be lead on the development of projects for...

Schroders has appointed a new ESG integration manager,  to help it embed information on environmental, social and governance risk-factors across its investment teams.  Schroders says this new appointment will  help...

Cardano Group, the pensions risk and investment management specialist, has today bought master trust provider Now: Pensions Ltd from Danish pension fund Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP), almost a year to the...

Punter Southall Aspire has appointed Jon Webster as the managing director of its Health and Risk division.  The appointment reflects Punter Southall Aspire’s expansion in this area – with the...

Punter Southall Aspire has been appointed by Ensign to provide advice on retirement options to its master trust members.  As part of this deal Punter Southall Aspire will offer both...

LGPS Central has appointed Mike Weston as its new chief executive. Weston will start in this new role on March 7, subject to FCA approval.  LGPS Central has also announced that...

Pension scams worth millions of pounds are being masterminded by criminal and fraudster families, according to new investigations.  The multi-agency Project Bloom – which involves government agencies, regulators and police...