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Jamie Fiveash, chief executive of Smart UK, has been appointed chair of industry body Pensions UK, formerly known as the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association. At Smart UK, Fiveash leads the £9.5bn...

Around a third of savers are aware they are not saving enough for retirement, supporting the findings of the Pension Commission’s Interim Report. This research by TPT Retirement Solutions, found that around two...

Aon has pointed to findings from its latest UK Benefits and Trends Survey, showing that health and wellbeing strategies are increasingly being recognised as an essential priority by UK employers as the...

One in two of the largest DB schemes are now looking to run on, due to improved funding and legislative changes that will allow for surplus extraction. This goes against wider trends...

Willis Towers Watson has appointed Florian Frank as the head of its work and rewards business in Europe. Frank was previously responsible for work and rewards in Germany and Austria, jointly with...

Employer contribution rates to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) have fallen by almost a quarter over the past three years, as funding positions across the scheme strengthened significantly, according to  Pensions...

A young person disabled before entering the workforce could retire with a pension pot more than £245,000 smaller than their non-disabled peers, according to research by PensionBee. This retirement gap was found...

Surplus extraction from defined benefit schemes is likely to fall short of sector expectations, and could be less than previous headline estimates, according to a new report from the Pensions Policy Institute. ...

Defined benefits schemes continue to report improved funding positions across low-dependency, buyout and superfund measures, despite wider difficulties in the economy, according to the latest Pension Funding Index from PwC. Its data shows the...

Average pension transfer times have reduced just 10 days for the first time in two years, according to the the Origo Transfer Index (OTI). This data, while over the 12 months from...