Pensions

New scheme launched to make UK’s £3 trillion pension pot more sustainable

Pension funds covering £3trn pressured on fossil fuel investments and net-zero alignment

Pension fund in divestment hoax

Nigeria’s FCMB Bolstering its Pensions Business to Drive Profitability

Pure Retirement partners with Iress to streamline application process

Alberta to weigh withdrawal from Canada Pension Plan

Executive Moves

Quilter appoints Chairman of Quilter Financial Planning

Arc Pensions Law appoints new Managing Partner

Aegon Asset Management appoints Global Chief Investment Officer for its Fixed Income Investment Platform

CERN pension fund CIO to chair new SBAI body

Close Brothers announces new CEO

Lane Clark & Peacock appoints Stephen Budge Principal

Legal,Regulation & Compliance

DWP Kicks Off Charge Cap Review

Provider introduces benefit reduction option

LV= moves to simplify charging structure

tPR vows to protect long-term savers

Jersey advice firm shut up shop

Sigma Pensions guarantees competitive returns in spite N3trn excess liquidity

FinTech

RiskFirst Enhances PFaroe™DB with GMP Equalisation Capabilities

Technical Wizardry: the rise of the smart home

Auto-enrolment reaps rewards as contributions hit £20bn

Anthony Pompliano Continues Push for Pension Fund Crypto Allocation

XPS launches coronavirus life expectancy tool for pension schemes

DWP directs savers to wrong pension tracing site

Comment & Analysis

Retiree plans have changed since days of standard pension

State Pension UK: Simple way to boost your monthly pension payment

Corporate pension funding sees modest movement in June – 3 reports

Scrapping the pensions triple lock would disadvantage young people in future

Guest comment: Savers must continue to see pensions as safe investments

Government to review workplace pensions charge cap: will your savings get a boost?

Tax

Pension: What's needed to fix ‘regressive’ tax relief system – 'savers must be empowered'

Advisers back MPAA reform amid Covid-19

Pension funds tax: Panic or hunt for revenues?

Britain's high earners could see taxes rising this year – here's how they can invest wisely, according to financial advisers

Industry body calls for ‘radical’ flat rate pension tax relief

Wealth tax by Svenja Keller, Head of Wealth Planning at Killik & Co

Investments

Modern money: how family constitutions can pave the way for harmonious family businesses

Munich Re’s £1 Billion Longevity Swap with Willis Pension Scheme

Embark Pensions expands Sipp offering

DBS, Schroders launch multi-asset fund for retirement income planning

Planning reform could hit SIPP and SSAS savers

PSP investing in Italian real estate, CPPIB in French higher education group

Research

XPS Pensions Group releases third annual pensions accounting survey

Brits set to accumulate £75bn in lockdown as new ‘money revolution’ begins

Over a third of DB schemes struggling to make decisions amid crisis

UK pensions suffer record losses

Global Financial Markets Regulatory Review - Dentons

Willis Owen reveals the best & worst sectors and funds in March 2020

ESG

Use pension cash to fight climate change, says Comic Relief founder

ESG: UK pension fund prioritises AGM voting power over lending revenue

Climate-related passive funds fail to win over top pension plans

PIC invests additional £277m in Spanish solar bonds

The blue economy

How is Climate Change Impacting on the Financial Services Sector?

Covid-19

Coronavirus risks roadblocking AE successes

Raiding the pot: how the pandemic has deepened the pensions crisis

Pensions and Furlough: What You Need to Know

Rise in calls for funeral help ‘tragic consequence’ of Covid-19, Labour says

COVID-19 will turn the state pension problem into a fiscal crisis

Measures extended to help pension schemes tackle Covid