Standard Life has made two senior appointments to the commercial team supporting its retirement solutions business. Kenny McIvor joins as head of trading and David Burton joins as head of platforms and...
Less than a third of pension scheme representatives support the government’s ‘Mansion House Compact’ — designed to increase pension schemes investment into UK private equity, particularly in the bioscience and fintech sectors. ...
The Government has proposed introducing a permanent ‘superfund’ regulatory regime to provide employers and trustees with a new way of managing DB liabilities. The Department of Work and Pension is calling for...
More DB schemes are giving members access to additional support around retirement decisions according to the latest survey from Aon. It found 37 per cent of DB schemes provide, or shortly plan...
Government plans to encourage wider pension scheme investment in the UK economy need to put better outcomes for savers first, according to a new report from the Association of British Insurers. While...
Mercer is offloading its UK pensions and US health and benefits administration businesses to a new entity called Aptia, funded by global private equity house Bain Capital. The new entity will manage...
More than half or 51 per cent of disabled people are not saving enough to sustain an adequate lifestyle in retirement, falling short of the minimum recommended by the Pensions & Lifetime...
The value of the average DB pension transfer has fallen to the lowest level for seven years, according to latest data from XPS Pension Group. According to these figures the value of...
Private sector DB schemes have showcased resilience with a mere 3 per cent decline in market value from Q3 to Q4 amid market turbulence, according to an Office for National Statistics (ONS),...
Defined benefit transfers activity has declined significantly in recent months, with the cash lump sums available to those looking to switch falling by around a third over the last year. Analysis by...
