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New data suggests there were a record number of NHS retirements in April, with the number of people receiving NHS pensions rising by 28 per cent year on year, to hit an...

Hymans Robertson has appointed Paul Hewitson to the newly created role of head of ESG for risk transfer.   This role recognises the increasing importance of ESG and responsible investment considerations for trustees...

The majority of FTSE 350 companies ended up with a pension surplus at the end of 2021, as DB schemes emerged from the red in 2021. Latest figure from Willis Towers Watson’s...

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...