UK pension funds endured faltering returns in the third quarter of this year, despite recording their strongest quarterly performance in a decade over the previous three months.
A new scientific study has linked 15% of worldwide COVID-19 deaths with long-term exposure to air pollution, with the figure rising to as high as 27% in East Asia.
Property and casualty (P&C) insurers would have to collect business interruption premiums for 150 years to make up for the projected global output losses related to COVID-19 in 2020.
Half of employees in the UK's financial services sector want to continue working from home for at least part of the week once the COVID-19 pandemic passes, KPMG research has found.
Assets under management (AUM) at the world’s 500 largest asset managers exceeded $100trn (£76.8trn) for the first time last year – totalling $104.4trn.
Less than half of asset managers around the world consider gender diversity when researching potential investments, despite recognising its importance within their own firms.
Mortality rates in England and Wales are currently similar to those recorded in 2019, despite a recent increase in COVID-19 deaths, analysis by the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has found.
The Netherlands has topped a global ranking of pension systems covering almost two-thirds of the world’s population, with the UK languishing in fifteenth place.
UK car insurance prices have fallen for the third consecutive quarter, with drivers now paying £50 less on average than they were at the start of 2020.
