Barnett Waddingham

The financial impact of fiduciary management (FM) decisions on pension funding positions means funds need a better understanding of how knock-on impacts appear, Barnett Waddingham warns.

Schemes need to obtain emissions data to measure their carbon footprint, but this process comes with challenges. Stephanie Baxter explores how to overcome them and why schemes need to look beyond emissions

This week’s top stories included Isio’s first financial results, while the Association of British Insurers insured 191 members’ benefits in a £26m buy-in with Aviva.

Barnett Waddingham’s fiduciary management advisory service has seen a significant boost in client numbers and assets under management (AUM) in the last 12 months.

An “intrinsically biased” pension system, the gender pay gap, and the disadvantage caused to women’s savings by career breaks is continuing to cause “stark gender disparity” in retirement wealth, Barnett Waddingham says.

With so much for trustees to grapple with currently, Stephanie Baxter looks at the most important questions they should be asking about ESG.

Changes to corporation tax announced in the Spring Budget could see defined benefit (DB) scheme sponsors defer contributions in favour of tax relief, according to Barnett Waddingham.

Trustees are under increasing pressure to give more consideration to ESG factors. Stephanie Baxter looks at the most important questions they should be asking.

The Mowlem (1993) Pension Scheme has secured the benefits of around 1,000 members in a buyout with Legal & General (L&G) offering income above compensation levels.

The Investment Consultants Sustainability Working Group (ICSWG) has launched a guide to help trustees assess their investment consultants’ climate competency.