2016

New policies must be adopted to avoid volatile food prices and declining food security, according to a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report.

Government decides that consumer protections for secondary annuities would undermine market development.

DB schemes carry significant risk to members, are working ineffectively, and their benefits to the wider economy have reduced.

Almost one in five retired people who used property to finance their retirement felt they had had no choice in the matter.

Investors are minimising their risk profiles due to uncertain global markets, with Brexit the biggest concern according to NN Investment Partners’ (NNIP) Risk Rotation Index.

The formal impact assessment, issued as the Savings (Government Contributions) Bill 2016-17 receives its second reading, showed that the government expects 200,000 people to save in a LISA in 2017-18 rising by 2020-21 to in excess of 800,000.

New figures from the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) confirm a continued strong financial performance in the global mutual and cooperative insurance industry.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found no evidence of an industry-wide or systemic failure to provide customers with sufficient information about enhanced annuities through non-advised sales.

Aon research has shown that four out of five DC pension scheme members are not saving enough money.

Labour has named Alex Cunningham as shadow pensions minister.