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There has been modest growth in the UK’s fiduciary management market, with AUMs increasing by 20 per cent in 2024 according to Isio. In its latest annual FM survey, Isio says this...

Ciphr Group has acquired the employee benefits platform provider Avantus for an undisclosed sum. Avantus was founded in 2005, and over 400 businesses worldwide use its benefits and rewards platform FlexGenius, and...

Only half of employers (53 per cent) believe their workers have a good understanding of the full range of benefits provided, according to research by Towergate Employee Benefits. This study shows that...

Consultants are calling for regulation need to be strengthened on multi-employer CDC schemes, to ensure all members have the same protections, when it comes to safeguarding pension benefits.  Responding to the Department...

Royal London has simplified its governed portfolio range,  reducing the number of portfolios and renaming them to reflect the level of investment risk they take. As part of the overhaul, Royal London...

Smart Pension has welcomed the Chancellor’s aim to boost investment in productive assets by driving consolidation in the UK workplace pension market. But it said the target of schemes reaching £25bn by the 2030...

The Chancellor’s Mansion House speech setting out plans for a £25bn minimum threshold for multi-employer DC schemes could have an immediate impact on provider, experts have warned. Last week’s consultation proposing a...

Standard Life has appointed Alexa Mitterhuber to its DB de-risking team as director of defined benefits solutions.  Mitterhuber joins from M&G where she specialised in corporate risk solutions following M&G’s re-entry into...

TPT Retirement Solutions as appointed Paddy Lye to its executive board as chief operating officer. Lye joins from the British Business Bank, where he also held the role of COO. This is...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is progressing with its Advice Guidance Boundary Review, aimed at closing the "advice gap" and improving support for consumers making key financial decisions, particularly around pensions. The...