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The PPF 7800 Index for August shows the aggregate funding surplus for the DB universe climbing £10.6bn to £241.1bn, a further boost to funding resilience. Meanwhile, the funding ratio increased by 1.5 percentage...

Corporate Adviser Awards 2025 proved to be another resounding success, with the highest number of entries from advisers, trustees, providers and asset managers to date. Details of all the winners and highly-commended...

Four out of 10 employers are not proactive when it comes to promoting employee benefits, with take-up left for employees to initiate according to new research from Group Risk Development (Grid).  The...

Scottish Widows has appointed Jenny Davidson as intermediary wealth director, effective October 2025. Davidson has over 30 years of experience in financial services across firms such as Standard Life, abrdn and Quilter....

Across the UK pensions landscape, there’s a growing sense of unease. Trustees and advisers are being asked to make investments that benefit not just their members but the UK economy more broadly....

Two in five IFAs believe the FCA’s proposed shake-up of the advice-guidance boundary will increase demand for their services, according to Opinium’s latest IFA Barometer. The survey, published as the regulator’s Advice...

WPA will now offer its ‘group deductible’ pricing model to larger corporates, potentially enabling them to reduce premiums by up to 6 per cent. This pricing model will now be offered on...

Railpen and the sustainability consultancy Chronos Sustainability have published a new report, offering practical guidance to investors on managing AI-related risks within portfolio companies. The report, ‘Achieving Effective AI Governance’, comes in...

Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has completed a £4.3bn buy-in with the Rolls-Royce UK DB pension fund. This transactions covers the pensions of 36,000 people, which includes 15,000 pensioners and 21,000 deferred members....

UK defined benefit (DB) pension schemes’ aggregate surplus against long-term funding targets rose to around £211bn in July 2025, according to XPS Group. That’s £5bn higher than in June and £41bn more...