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Margaret Thatcher once claimed that “There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families”. Since then the collectivism of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes...

The number of companies disclosing information about their workplace practices — and that of their supply chains — has doubled this year, thanks to co-ordinated action by ShareAction.  Ninety global companies, including...

The gap between men’s and women’s pensions continues to widen according to new analysis by Now Pensions. According to their research the average man saving into this master trust had £424 in...

The Pensions Policy Institute has published a new report, which examines in detail how DC pension schemes can increase their exposure to illiquid and alternative assets. This report sets out the various...

Welplan Pensions has exiting the master trust market, and will focus instead on its employee benefits business. Welplan says it is seeking a buyer for its pension pensions. It says this decision...

The value of defined benefit buy-outs could soar to £300bn over the next 10 years, according to a new actuarial report. The report, by Lane Clark & Peacock said that the buy-out...

The UK Employee Assistance Professionals Association has elected Axa PPP healthcare’s Eugene Farrell as its new chair.  Farrell is Axa PPP’s mental health lead for corporate healthcare, and the company said this...

Standard Life is increasing the risk on its Active Plus and Passive Plus range of default funds, with risk profile 3 offering increasing its equity content by 5 per cent per cent....

Workers under 30 are the most likely to suffer from stress and poor mental health in winter, with 55 per cent of this age group more stressed than usual in the season,...

Eleven master trusts have asked the regulator for more time to submit their authorisation application, with the position of at least 18 more schemes uncertain. An update from the Pensions Regulator indicates...