One in three single-employer trusts and one in five contract-based schemes expect to move into a master trust within the next five years, according to a survey conducted by Aon. The main...
Three quarters of default funds already have or plan to introduce within 12 months some sort of filtering, screening or tilting to their investment strategy to reflect environmental, social and governance (ESG)...
AllianceBernstein has the largest number of individuals conducting ESG analysis, with 126 research analysts all considering ESG specifically, according to research across 15 asset managers managing £18 trillion of assets conducted by...
Scottish Widows has created a new specialist team dedicated to responsible investment to integrate responsible investment activity across its fund range and meet evolving customer values and beliefs. The team is led...
Tenfold increases in professional indemnity insurance premiums and restricted cover terms are causing financial advisory firms to turn away clients needing government mandated advice on DB pension transfers, says The Personal Finance...
MetLife UK is launching a medical tele-underwriting service for its group risk products products in a partnership with Medicals Direct Group (MDG). The tele-underwriting service provides an alternative to traditional written health...
Earlier this week the PLSA attacked an amendment to the Pension Schemes Bill requiring large pension schemes to be compelled to report on their climate change strategies as a dangerous assault on...
Defined benefit transfers hit their highest level for a year despite repeated signals from the FCA that it is unsatisfied with transfer advice decision-making. XPS Pensions Group’s Transfer Activity Index recorded an increase in the...
Large pension schemes will be compelled to report on their climate change strategies under an amendment to the Pension Schemes Bill published today. The PLSA has attacked the amendment as a dangerous...
Large pension schemes will be compelled to report on their climate change strategies under an amendment to the Pension Schemes Bill published today. The PLSA has attacked the amendment as a dangerous...
