The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has appointed Lesley Alexander as its new president. Alexander has been a non-executive director on the board since 2018, and is already in her second term on...
The next pension misselling scandal will be centred around pension schemes’ lack of action around climate change issues, and any schemes not targeting the Paris accord targeting limiting climate increase to 1.5...
Axa is dropping the Axa PPP Healthcare, Health-on-Line, Health Services and ICAS-UK brands, bringing its operations under a new Axa Health brand. AXA Health says the new name signals its ambition to empower...
Collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes will deliver retirement income on average 70 per cent higher than annuities bought through traditional DC saving, and 40 per cent higher than typical DB structures, according...
Many smaller single trust pensions could face problems switching to a master trust structure in the second half of this year, due to the volume of transfers being carried out. Investment consultants...
Three out of four HR and finance directors are looking to review their employee benefits package as a direct result of the Covid pandemic. Speaking at a panel at the Corporate Adviser...
Future pension reform could see further divergence between DC and DB pension regimes, with a reduction in higher rate tax relief on DC pensions only, but greater flexibility in regards to access. ...
The government is considering allowing trustees to ‘smooth’ performance charges over a longer time frame to help DC schemes invest in more illiquid assets, such as infrastructure. Speaking at Corporate Adviser’s virtual...
There is a growing expectation among pension experts that the government will introduce legislation to ensure larger scheme invest a proportion of assets in UK infrastructure. Such a move would be broadly...
The state pension will be included in the first version of the pensions dashboard with the Department of Work and Pensions being one of the first data providers contributing to this project....
