Enplan, the governance and operations service for smaller defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, is introducing access to Schroders Capital's liability driven investment (LDI) modelling. Enplan, which is operated by Entrust and Isio,...
The absence of any mention of a Pensions Bill in the final King's Speech of this parliament has been met with disappointment across the industry, with attention now turning to the chancellor's...
Clara-Pensions has taken on its first scheme, with the transfer of the £600m Sears Retail Pension Scheme. This is the first time a DB scheme has transferred into a so-called superfund. Clara-Pensions...
Hymans Robertson has appointed Nadeem Ladha to be a senior adviser in its risk transfer team. Ladha, who joins on a short-term contract, will focus on risk transfer projects involving special situations....
Norton Motorcycles’ former owner has been given an eight month suspended jail sentence for taking almost £11m from pension scheme members to invest in his failing business. The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has...
Independent Governance Group (IGG) has appointed Clare Kember to be head up its outsourced governance services team. Kember has worked for IGG for eight years and has more than 20 years’ experience...
Almost one in two DB scheme sponsors want an insurer buy-out, most within the next 10 years, but consultants are urging a ‘wait and see’ approach as legislative changes could present more...
Defined benefit (DB) transfer values fell by 3 per cent in September, driving a fall of 15 per cent over 12 months, and leaving transfer values a third lower than they were...
Pension savers who were wrongly advised to switch out of DB schemes have seen the compensation they are entitled to fall further, thanks to rising gilt yields, which have pushed up annuity...
The trustees of one in two DB schemes now have clear endgame strategy place, according to research from Standard Life. However, a significant number of trustees remain concerned that market volatility could...
