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Aon has appointed Geoff Bauer to be a partner in its investment team. In his new role, Bauer will advise trustees and corporate sponsors of UK defined benefit plans with a focus...

The Financial Conduct Authority’s proposed ‘polluter pays’ regulations could lead to far fewer firms offering advice on on defined benefit transfers. Actuarial consultants OAC, part of the Broadstone Group, pointed out that...

Trustees looking for a future DB buyout need to prioritise data quality and administration with insurers now in a stronger financial position and looking to cherry pick the schemes that are most...

The government has issued the new Finance Bill which contains provisions to formally abolish the lifetime allowance (LTA) on pensions.  The abolition of this LTA was initially included in last year’s Spring...

The transfer value a typical DB pension fell below £150,000 in October — the first time since last year’s mini budget that transfer values have dropped so low. On 19 October, XPS’s...

Aon has promoted Matthew Pinkney to lead its UK pensions data solutions team. Pinkney is an associate partner in Aon’s UK Retirement team, with 18 years’ experience at the company as a...

Legal & General has agreed a £4.8bn full buy-in for the Boots Pension Scheme in what is the UK’s biggest ever single transaction by premium size. The deal secures the benefits of...

EQ Retirement Solutions is the latest company to sign up to Origo’s automated pension transfer service. It will be used as part of EQ Retirement business process outsources services for life and...

TPT Retirement Solutions has strengthened its investment team with the appointment of Inês Cunha Pereira as its new responsible investment manager, and the promotion of Peter Smith to be head of investment....

There is not expected to be any immediate slowdown in the DB buyout market according to Aon— despite the dynamics driving these transactions changing over the past 18 months. Aon predicts that...