Two-thirds of DB schemes think there will be major changes to governance practices over the next two years as a result of The Pension Regulator’s new code of practice. TPRs new single...
The Pension SuperFund has appointed eight non-executive directors to its board, including the former CEO of Aviva Life. These appointments come as the Pension SuperFund applies for assessment from The Pensions Regulator. It...
PTL, the independent trustee and governance services provider, has appointed Sam Burden to be the client director in its Birmingham office. Burden is an associate of the Pensions Management Institute and has...
The majority of pension professionals are now citing inflation as their biggest worry for the funds they manage according to new research. This survey, of the UK Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)...
Pension scheme trustees need to prepare for rising cyber-crime according to new industry warnings. Recent research by RSM UK shows that despite a significant increase in the number of these attacks, the...
The number of profit warnings from UK-listed companies with a DB schemes increased 46 per cent year on year, according to figures from accountants EY-Parthenon. In total there were 19 of these...
Anders Lundström, the chief executive of MinPension.se — the Swedish pensions dashboard — has first hand experience of the challenges ahead for the UK, as it develops its own dashboard initiative. Although...
Rising inflation could create problems for DB schemes who have discretion to award inflation-linked increases. Aon points out that with inflation rising sharply granting higher payments could add £8bn of liabilities across...
Royal London’s Jamie Jenkins and Smart Pension’s Darren Philp are among six new members appointed to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's (PLSA) policy board. Formed in 2018 this policy board guides...
Canada Life has completed a £172m buy-in of the Nationwide Building Society’s closed DB pension fund. The transaction relates to pensions in the fund’s Cheshire and Derbyshire section and insures the fund...
