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Independent trustee and governance services provider PTL has appointed Mark Stopard as its new head of proposition development. Stopard has over 30 years’ experience in pensions. He joins PTL from Just Group...

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) will launch a new diploma in pension trusteeship in October.  This optional qualification is available for pensions professionals who have already completed their accreditation.  This advanced standalone...

The Government has announced it will scrap the triple lock pension increase mechanism that would have led to an 8 per cent increase in state pension next year due to wage volatility...

 EY-Parthenon has expanded its pensions strategy practice with four new senior appointments. Marc Hommel has been appointed to lead EY-Parthenon’s UK Pensions Actuarial practice. Hommel has over 30 years experience in the...

Almost eight out of 10 married people have no idea what their spouse’s pension is worth according to new research.  This equates to some 15m people. The survey found that almost half...

There has been a significant fall in the number of pension savers seeking protection against the Lifetime Allowance according to new HMRC data. This data — supplied in response to a freedom...

A big majority of pensions professionals are sceptical that the pensions dashboard, currently scheduled for 2023, will be delivered on time. More than three quarters of respondents surveyed by the Pensions Management...

Britax Childcare Group has completed a deal with Just to insure 70 per cent of the liabilities across three separate DB schemes in a single transaction. The £30m buy-in transaction, completed in...

Regulations facilitating collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes need to be made more flexible to make them fairer to younger people and reduce intergenerational cross-subsidies warns LCP. As the Government’s consultation on the...

The value of DB transfers is rising back towards the record highs seen last year, according to the latest data from XPS Pensions Group. The group’s Transfer Value Index rose sharply during...