Standard Life takes £473m hit after stock market rally dents hedges Investing Standard Life swung to a loss in the first half of the year after the market moved against positions the firm had taken to shield itself against volatility. The FTSE 100 pensions giant posted an overall loss of £179m for the first six months of the year, driven by £473m in paper losses on financial [...]
15m workers not ‘sufficiently’ saving for retirement, says top pensions chief Investing Tens of millions of working people will face a crisis in retirement with the current automatic salary contribution “no longer sufficient,” the boss of one of the UK’s largest pension providers has warned. Around 15 million people are set to suffer in retirement as workers use their automatic eight per cent auto-enrolment pension contribution as [...]
Inside the fintech industry’s pensions gambit Fintech The fintech industry are on the offensive and in this week’s column Samuel Norman gives an insight into the sector’s lobbying calls for pension fund allocation. London has found itself brought to a halt this week. One may have thought the Tube strikes would bring Square Mile to a standstill, too. But the lack of [...]
The £37bn public sector pension opportunity January 27, 2026 Unfunded public sector pensions amount to a £1,4 trillion liability to the taxpayer. there is a better way, says Ben Sweetman The UK’s public finances are under acute pressure. The government faces difficult choices, made tougher by our lack of growth. One of the largest components of the public sector’s future spending commitments is unfunded [...]