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A strike by GMB members working as Beefeaters and other staff for Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) at the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace has been suspended after the employer presented...

The Cost Transparency Initiative (CTI) – the body that will implement the findings of the Institutional Disclosure Working Group (IDWG) - has unveiled a range of industry figures as members of its...

Rules that legitimise age discrimination against magistrates should be overhauled as part of a broader rethink of attitudes to older workers, says former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann. Altmann has highlighted the...

A fifth of non-advised drawdown investors who are over age 55 and taking an income are unaware of the Money Purchase Annual Allowance (MPAA), according to new research. Figures from Canada Life...

Pi Consulting (Trustee Services) Ltd has purchased Fairfield Pension Trustees Ltd for an undisclosed fee. Worcestershire-based Fairfield Pension Trustee Limited, which offers professional services to occupational pension schemes, will continue to operate...

The Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) has formed a body to take forward the equalisation of guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs) in light of the High Court’s recent landmark ruling. PASA is bringing together representatives...

Globally mobile individuals are less happy about their personal health and wellbeing than the general working population, with almost a quarter suffer from loneliness, according to new research from Cigna. The research...

20-20 Trustees has appointed Naomi L’Estrange as its new managing director. L’Estrange has worked for the professional trustee firm since 2014, and currently runs its Nottingham office.  She has had 20 years...

Barnett Waddingham has announced that Keith Satchell will be stepping down as its chairman after 11 years in the role.  His position, as non-executive chair, will be taken by Elizabth Renshaw-Ames, who...

Hargreaves Lansdown has ditched its influential “Wealth 150” list of recommended funds, replacing it with a slimmed-down list of 60 funds. This new list - known as the “Wealth 50” - will...