UK pension schemes should consider appointing an independent professional trustee (IPT) to help navigate increasingly complex risks, according to a new governance guide published today.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today opened a consultation on plans to extend requirements for climate related-disclosures to certain listed companies and regulated firms.
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has called for an increased focus on consumer fairness when pricing home and motor insurance products in the UK.
Cyber criminals are demanding increasingly large sums of money when carrying out ransomware attacks on UK businesses, research by technology firm Cybereason has uncovered.
Withdrawal behaviours are among the top concerns of a third of pension providers in the UK, with two-thirds fearing this concern will grow as more people rely solely on a defined contribution (DC) pension.
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has today reaffirmed its commitment to helping the UK meet its environmental goals following the publication of a concerning report from the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
Investors managing more than $41trn (£29trn) in assets have released a joint statement calling on all world governments to raise their climate ambitions, or risk missing out on trillions of dollars.
The cost of offsetting corporate carbon emissions is likely to increase 10-fold by 2030 as more and more companies look to achieve their net-zero targets, according to forecasts by University College London (UCL).
Assessing climate risk and other environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors will be the biggest change to UK pension scheme governance over the coming years, new research suggests.
