Eligible private sector workers contributed a record-breaking £25.5 billion to workplace pensions in 2024, according to analysis from consultancy Broadstone. The figure, based on figures from the Department for...
Read moreDetailsIndependent employee benefits specialists Parallel Employee Benefits (Parallel) have unveiled a no-cost platform designed to give small and medium-sized employers (SMEs) access to technology and efficiency used by large...
Read moreDetailsLess than half of people know how their pension investments are performing, according to research from Hargreaves Lansdown (HL). A survey of 1,500 people carried out by Opinium on...
Read moreDetailsWorkplace pension participation reached record levels in 2024, with 89 percent of eligible employees now saving, according to new government figures. However, the rate of new joiners opting out...
Read moreDetailsInternational group IFM Investors has called for united action across the investment chain to tackle modern slavery, warning that it is still deeply embedded in the global economy and,...
Read moreDetailsMore organisations have connected to the pensions dashboard programme as Nest, Smart Pension and consultancy firm XPS Group become the latest in the list. Under this first stage of...
Read moreDetailsMeasures used by the government to decide future rises in the state pension age (SPA) have been deemed too optimistic, as a separate analysis suggests the rising costs of...
Read moreDetailsPeople aged 40-75 who are yet to fully retire expect they will need an income of £30,525 a year when they stop working, which means individuals need to fill...
Read moreDetailsAviva has launched a new ‘flex first, fix later’ guided retirement service and product for its workplace customers. Initially the blended solution will be available to people saving through...
Read moreDetailsThe UK has a pensions adequacy problem. Many people are not saving enough into their workplace pensions for a comfortable retirement, and a significant proportion won’t have enough to...
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