The fiduciary duty to protect members’ interest must always take primacy over their moral, ethical or ESG concerns, even in relation to investments in Russian assets as the country invades Ukraine, The...
Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, has made three hires to its defined benefit solutions business. Kieran Mistry joins as senior business development manager and Alex Webb and Lauren Doherty join as...
Companies should take more control of their valuation process as they approach forthcoming triennial valuations warns Hymans Robertson. Trustees, rather than the company, took the lead at the latest valuation, according to...
Abrdn and XPS Pensions Group will launch a new DB pensions master trust in the second quarter of 2022. Abrdn has formed a strategic alliance with XPS Pensions Group. The asset manager...
Pension funding level have remained resilient over the past month, despite the crisis in Ukraine causing disruption and volatility across global markets. XPS’s DB UK funding tracker shows that total scheme assets...
Reform of the divorce laws in April could lead to fewer couples sharing pensions, potentially disadvantaging many women. LCP partner and former pension minister Steve Webb and specialist barrister Rhys Taylor have...
DC pension scheme trustees should talk to advisers to ensure their investments align with sanctions announced by the UK government and to manage market volatility caused by the Ukraine/Russia conflict says The...
Smaller defined benefit pension schemes frequently lack the time and resources to plan their endgames effectively, which could impact member outcomes. This was the conclusion of new research carried out by Stoneport....
Half of all the UK’s £2 trillion private sector DB pension scheme liabilities are expected to be insured by the end of 2031 according to Hymans Robertson. Publishing its annual risk transfer report,...
The world’s biggest asset manager says it has clear evidence that the drive towards sustainability is leading to a repricing of assets across the board, with green sectors set to surge 8...
