More than half of pension schemes are now fully funded on a buy-out basis, according to Aon’s latest In-Depth Pension Scheme Funding analysis. The analysis found that 74 per cent of schemes...
Trustees need to prepare for the governance challenges around CDC according to Zedra. It adds that the introduction of CDC arrangements could change the nature of trustee decision-making, with governance and decision-making...
More than three quarters (76 per cent) of those in the pensions industry are assessing, exploring or expect to explore collective defined contribution within three years, according to a Gallagher survey of...
The Pensions Administration Standards Association has published guided retirement operational readiness advice, designed to help trustees, administrators and providers begin assessing how ready they are to deliver guided retirement in practice. As...
The Simplyhealth Group has acquired FMC — a business offering a range of services to the dental industry. This includes FMC’s Dentistry OS division, providing software platforms to independent practices and dental...
Cartwright Pension Trusts has appointed Andrew Hunter to be a project management specialist within its strategic delivery team. The firm, which specialises in DB and hybrid schemes, says this expansion is due...
Employee benefit take-up is left to the employees to initiate themselves in over a third of businesses, or 38 per cent. This is according to research from Grid, which found that 49...
Unum has added a clinical advice line to its Help@hand support service. This aims to offer employees access to a UK-based GP within two hours, for advice and guidance on a range...
Broadstone has appointed Josh Clark as senior employee benefits consultant to its risk & health team within its employee benefits consulting division He joins from Aon and brings more than 15 years...
CAPAdata has been authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority as a benchmark administrator, with the Corporate Adviser Pensions Average (CAPA) now included on the FCA’s official benchmark register. The authorisation marks a...
