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Aon has created 13 new partners in its business. All are UK-based employees working in its global wealth and health solutions teams. These new partners include:  Chintan Gandhi, who joined Aon in...

Most pension experts agree that in an ideal world, exposure to illiquid investments would be good for defined contribution (DC) schemes, boosting returns over the long term, while adding diversification and reducing...

SPONSORED COMMENT Many DC schemes are searching for ways to offer their members access to illiquid asset classes, but they face a number of hurdles to get there. So just how much...

DB pension scheme deficits continued to increase last month, driven by falling corporate bond yields and no let-up in inflation.  Mercer’s pensions risk survey shows that the scheme deficits of FTSE350 companies...

UK pension schemes fund an estimated 330m tonnes of carbon emissions every year according to new research. This analysis, by the campaign group Make My Money Matter and research house Rote2, says...

Schroders has bought River and Mercantile’s fiduciary management and derivatives business. The transaction is valued at about £230m. Schroders said this purchase of R&M’s UK Solutions Division will strengthen Schroders own fiduciary...

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has pointed the finger at defined benefit schemes for being behind the curve on climate transition. The asset managers says that the typical DB scheme is...

Trust-based pension schemes will be required to publish their net-zero credentials under new metrics that will enable greater comparability of decarbonisation strategies. Published today ahead of next month’s COP26 conference in Glasgow,...

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) paid out £1bn in compensation over the past financial year - the first time payments have reached this milestone figure. This money was paid out to the...

The Financial Conduct Authority have written to a further 950 people who have transferred out of DB schemes, warning them they may have been mis-advised and could be entitled to compensation.  These...