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.... introducing the next generation of rising stars in the DC pensions industry. This month we hear from James Cansfield, an account consultant at EBC. What is involved in your current role?...

The five-year horizon was “especially bleak” for private equity funds over $1bn, while the slower-exit environment of recent years appears to be harming all funds, but larger funds to a greater degree,...

by Rachel Rickard Straus, money editor at the Daily Mail The ever-moving goalpost of state pension age looks set to bring more pre-retirees into income poverty. We are constantly reminded of the...

Disputes over DB scheme surpluses are set to grow unless employers and trustees address questions over ownership, according to a report by Hymans Robertson. In its latest paper, 'Whose surplus is it...

In terms of where artificial intelligence has proven to have the biggest positive influence on client engagement, asset managers say AI-powered support and Q&A and automated client communication and reporting have been...

Standard Life has completed an infrastructure financing transaction that provides £61m of long-term financing secured against the Snetterton Renewable Energy Plant, a biomass power facility in Norfolk, led by Octopus Capital. The...

Trustees and corporate sponsors of UK defined benefit pension schemes should move away from treating insurance buyout as an automatic default and instead adopt an "objective-led" approach to endgame planning, according to...

Boardroom executives are now twice as likely to see DB pensions as a valuable asset, rather than a financial burden, according to research from Independent Governance Group. The trustee firm has found...

Schroders has received regulatory approval for the firm’s first tokenised share class of a US dollar money market fund. The asset manager has secured approval from the Central Bank of Ireland to...

Aon will launch a whole-life multi-employer CDC section with its master trust, with a view to this being available from 2028.  It is the latest provider to announce its CDC ambitions after...