Standard Life Aberdeen’s is set to introduce a new parent leave policy from 1 January, which will give all parents 52 weeks leave with 40 weeks paid in full, regardless of gender.

A new report has revealed the best countries in Europe for retirees.

In total £535m has now been repaid to investors who were overtaxed on pension freedoms withdrawals since April 2015.

New figures published today by HMRC show that a total of £30bn has been withdrawn ‘flexibly’ from pensions, taking advantage of the new ‘pension freedoms’ introduced in 2015.  

The mean ‘gender pay gap’ at the Chartered Insurance Institute has almost halved in just two years, it has been revealed.

At its annual meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, last week, the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB), owner of the international Certified Financial Planner designation, selected Paul Grimes CFP to serve as the next FPSB Council chair. 

Intelliflo's Intelligent Office management system has been awarded ‘Approved Associate System’ status, in relation to the ISO22222 standard and The Paraplanner Standard by Standards International.

Sackers & Partners LLP (Sackers), the specialist law firm for pensions and retirement savings, has hired two new associates.

Researchers from Cass Business School and the University of Bristol have discovered that women are more risk averse than men when it comes to financial risk taking.

Standard Life has today launched its Individually Managed Accounts (IMA) technology on its wrap platform.