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Clara-Pensions has appointed Matt Wilmington to be its chief transactions officer.  Wilmington joins from Scottish Widows where he spent six years as head of origination and structuring. At Clara, he will lead...

Independent Governance Group (IGG) has promoted Dan Gilmour and Michael Do to the role of trustee director. This is part of a wider shake up at the independent trustee business as it...

Healix has partnered with cancer screening and diagnostic company, Check4Cancer, to enable workers to receive rapid diagnosis, and fast access to cancer treatment. Employees of Healix’s member companies will for the first...

BlackRock will acquire Preqin in a £2.55bn cash deal, beating S&P Global and Bloomberg in its bid. The acquisition of Preqin, a UK private markets data group, is one of the largest...

XPS has handed the role of head of covenant advisory to Arabella Slinger, taking over from Paul Jameson, who will move to a role delivering specialist covenant advice. Jameson had led the...

European insuretech Lumera has expanded its footprint in the UK with the acquisition of ITM —  one of the technology companies helping develop the UK pensions dashboard. Lumera has not disclosed what...

The number of people seeking Pension Wise guidance prior to retirement  has fallen year on year, despite government legislation to ‘nudge’ people towards this free assistance.  These stronger nudges were introduced two...

The majority of DC pension schemes now have net zero targets in place for 2050 with 81 per cent setting interim goals, according to research from Barnett Waddingham. The consultancy said these...

Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), the UK's largest Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with £30 billion assets under management  will adopt pass-through voting. Pass-through voting enables schemes to enforce their voting preferences on...