Readiness for retirement can be a complex business and GBST chief executive, Rob DeDominicis argues Government has a critical role to play in ensuring retirement income literacy. As the global population ages and average life…

Investors have today outlined a series of recommendations to ensure that reforms undertaken as part of the Government’s Pension Review both deliver better retirement outcomes for the millions of UK pension scheme members and support…

It has become a cliché to label baby boomers as a charmed generation, but their retirement fortunes are certainly more straightforward, than the generation that succeeds them. Many of the baby boomers (those born between…

Responsible business, purpose and transparency in the pension industry can achieve profound benefits for society Following automatic enrolment (AE) in 2012 in UK, over 11 million previously underserved individuals began saving for retirement. This remarkable…

Just Group’s recent study of 1,500-plus individuals found that more communication and support is needed for DB scheme members as they approach retirement. The value of a defined benefit (DB) pension has always been its…

If allowed to deliver its potential, long-term investing can yield astonishing results. But it isn’t always straightforward…says Mobeen Tahir, director, Macroeconomic Research & Tactical Solutions, WisdomTree. There is a famous mathematical parable called the “Wheat…

The manufacturing winners of the last 20 years such as China and Korea look set to be challenged by the next generation of emerging markets (NGEN). We believe that countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia and…

Most investors remain pessimistic even though Chinese stocks have never been cheaper International investors continue to steer clear of the Chinese stock market. For more than three years, the Chinese stock market has largely underperformed…

Greenhouse gas emissions have continued to rise globally and we are getting close to some critical tipping points. In 2023, the Stockholm Resilience Centre found that six of the nine planetary boundaries, within which humanity…

What happens when buyers become sellers? We see a significant shift in the UK gilts market as key buyers including pension funds, the Bank of England and insurers are now turning into “net sellers” of…