Low-paid workers are far less likely to have a workplace pension and those that do have far lower employer contribution rates, according to the Trades Union Congress.
The overall impact of quantitative easing on UK pension funds has been exaggerated and should not be used as an excuse for schemes not to de-risk, Towers Watson said yesterday.
In September, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in partnership with the Scottish Financial Risk Academy (SFRA) launched The Actuarial Research Centre (ARC). Professor Andrew Cairns of Heriot Watt University, the first director of The ARC, talks to The Actuary about how it will contribute to the international development of actuarial science.
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published guidance to help UK pension trustees, employers and administrators deal with the financial and regulatory risks posed by coronavirus.
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published guidance to help UK pension trustees, employers and administrators deal with the financial and regulatory risks posed by coronavirus.
Paper: A Cashless Society in 2019 Cash is under pressure. A tense 2018 led to a tumultuous 2019: Facebook's announcement of plans to launch its Libra cryptocurrency with a consortium of companies united all regulators against the project.
The Terminator is coming! At least that's one potential vision of the future, invoked by Boris Johnson at the UN last year while he speculated about artificial intelligence (AI). We can certainly debate how realistic that vision is, and what the possible timescales might be.
A forum for actuaries has been launched to help the profession come together and learn how best to respond to the deadly coronavirus sweeping the world.
UK travel insurers expect to pay a record £275m to customers this year as coronavirus grounds flights across the world, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has revealed.
A sharp recession is imminent in the vast majority of developed and emerging economies as the deadly coronavirus forces businesses to shut down across the world.
Wind energy technology is relevant to the international political objectives of the Paris Agreement, UN Sustainability Goals, the declared climate emergency, reduction of pollution, and UK green growth strategy.