DWP launches NI contribution checking service
The government is launching a new online service to help customers check for and fill any gaps in their National Insurance (NI) record. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM...
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RedArc joins Grid
Nurse-led health wellbeing specialists RedArc have joined the trade body Group Risk Development (Grid). Increasingly a number of providers offering wellbeing or added-value services have joined the group risk trade body. RedArc...
Employers recognise importance of wellbeing support in recruitment strategies
Employers says wellbeing support is now more important to recruitment and retention — with potential employees more likely to ask about the support offered. Around 34 per cent of employers said that...
Illiquid allocations drag down pension returns in 2023: XPS
Higher illiquid allocation led to lower returns last year, according to a survey of returns of fiduciary managers operating across the UK pensions sector. XPS Pensions Group’s survey found a significant gap...
Nest donates pallet of laptops to digital exclusion charity
Nest teamed up with Good Things Foundation’s National Device Bank to donate 342 laptops. The National Device Bank, established in 2022, refurbishes devices used by businesses and then gives them to people...
RLAM restructures global equity team after head quits
Royal London Asset Management has restructured its global equity team following the resignation of its head of equities Peter Rutter and a number of the global equities team. It is understood that...
Firms should be innocent until proven guilty: Pimfa
Pimfa has joined 15 other financial services trade bodies in calling for the Chancellor to intervene over the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) proposals to publicise enforcement investigations. Pimfa, along with UK Finance,...
New RI policy for The People’s Pension could threaten relationship with SSGA
The People’s Pension has published a new responsible investment policy, which could result in it severing ties with the State Street Global Advisors, currently the sole manager of the default fund assets...
Nearly 44pc of over-55s unaware of pension investment options
Around 44 per cent of over-55s are unaware that their pension offers a selection of investment funds, while almost a third of all workers are unaware that their pension is invested at...
Aon appoints 10 new UK-based partners in wealth solutions
Aon has appointed 10 new UK-based partners in wealth solutions within the firm’s human capital capability. The new partners are Lynette Brown, Sarah Butlin, Hannah Carter, Helen Hatt, Daniel Haxby, Colin High,...
