Samantha Downes

The U.S. trade deficit rose 11.1% to $96.6 billion (£70.4 billion) according to official data out this week.

Our writer discovered that weight-loss jabs don’t just affect the person on the pen, they can have a ripple effect on the whole family

Pension scheme consolidation is helping improve outcomes for UK savers, but more work needs to be done to stop a generation of pensioners slipping into poverty, the pensions minister has said.

Pensions UK Annual Conference: Improvements in state pension provision have not been matched in the private sector, and the industry faces an uphill battle to solve its adequacy problem.

Pensions UK Annual Conference: Raising the state pension age would be a tricky ask, and the ongoing review will likely have to consider wider societal issues such as health and productivity issues.

The Netherlands' decision to delay implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive has increased speculation other countries may also hold off meeting next year's June deadline.

Anyone who witnessed my joyous reaction when hearing my daughter had bagged her first job would have assumed it was I who got the gig.

Client data must be treated as a strategic asset if the pensions industry is to deliver major reforms such as dashboards, according to The Pensions Regulator.

The financial services industry has nothing to fear from artificial intelligence which can enhance and not replace the human skills needed to keep building trust between providers and savers.

The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority has proposed changes to the use of funded reinsurance, which is used by insurance companies when completing a buy-in of a final salary pension scheme using a bulk purchase annuity (BPA) policy.