Phoenix Group has appointed former managing director of JPMorgan Chase’s investment banking division Anna Franekova as corporate development director, effective 1 March 2022. Franekova will oversee Phoenix Group’s corporate activity, which will...
The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has published a report which found that policies aimed at improving the retirement outcomes of underpensioned groups will be most effective if they consider how the negative labour market...
The minister for pensions Guy Opperman and the Occupational Pensions Stewardship Council (OPSC) have urged asset managers to give asset owners more say in voting at company annual general meetings. Opperman and...
Defined benefit pension schemes with less than £1bn in assets risk falling behind on climate change, according to Willis Towers Watson’s latest report, ‘Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities for Pension Schemes’. According...
A recent trend for providers and technology support suppliers to up their game with platforms has led some to observe that group risk intermediaries will have to change their approach to stay relevant. ...
Improving standards of governance across the workplace pension sector has been a major focus for both regulators and the Department for Work and Pensions. But where does governance now rank in advisers’...
The issue of climate change presents risks and opportunities as together we look to address the challenge. As a long-term investor, at Standard Life we must consider both aspects for our investment...
Could getting pension providers involved in Pension Wise help solve the service’s problem of low take up? This is a question that the Money and Pension Service (MaPS) – which manages Pension...
Inflation, the old enemy of fixed income markets, is well and truly back. There are deepening concerns in the UK that the uptick in recent months, on the back of scarcity of...
Nobody can deny the global employee benefits market is changing. Trends that were already underway before the Covid-19 pandemic, such as remote and flexible working and digital healthcare are now largely the...
