Saving vulnerable communities and preventing destructive climate change is not beyond the capabilities of the private wealth community Global private wealth now totals $471tn, more than four times our planet’s GDP. The world’s richest 1 per cent hold…

Two-thirds of annuities were finalised after customers shopped around for best rates The number of retirees “shopping around” for the best annuity rates has reached a record high, Just Group says. The firm’s analysis of Financial…

And are advisers over-reliant on yield? Scopic Research has unveiled four multi-asset income funds labelled as ‘retirement income champions’ and has called for a focus on dividend income instead of yield when it comes to…

The retirement systems of the Netherlands, Iceland and Denmark once again are the top three systems worldwide, according to the 2025 Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index. The same three topped Mercer’s 2024 report. For…

France’s political standoff shows how European governments, caught between the demands of their ageing electorates and the need to keep spending in check, keep struggling to fix the pension-shaped holes in their budgets. The right…

Two recent Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) reports shed light on the shifting landscape of UK retirement. The concerns of Gen Z explores the financial realities of the youngest working cohort, while the generations deep-dive in…

African pension providers are for the first time unifying their efforts to create a domestic financing pool, aiming to mobilize their collective $700 billion in assets to establish a “Development Fund for Africa.” The unprecedented…

In a world of increasing hype around artificial intelligence, experience from other industries shows that honing professional skills is the key to success. A new study in healthcare offers a striking lesson for the age of artificial…

Wealth managers, like much of the business world, have been focusing on LLMs, but the real innovation in managing assets may come from another breed of AI operators South Korean professional Go player Lee Se-Dol…

Over the last two centuries, average life spans have doubled. For pension schemes, insurers and policymakers, this long-term trend has shaped how we think about retirement, ageing and financial security. But the story is becoming…