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The funding situation of DB pension in the UK continues to improve despite the challenging economic backdrop. The latest Mercer’s Pensions Risk Survey found the accounting deficit of DB schemes in the...

Pension schemes are being offered a new fund service which allows trustees to set their own voting preferences. This service, launched by AMX and asset manager DWS, in conjunction with Minerva Analytics...

Hymans Robertson has acquired Bath Actuarial Consulting (BAC), in a deal which will see its two founds join Hymans as partners.  BAC was founded in 2021 by Leonard Bowman and Andrew Udale-Smith...

The Investment Consultants Sustainability Working Group (ICSWG) has launched a guide to support trustees to assess their investment consultants on their climate competency. The ICSWG is a collaboration between 17 firms formed in...

Trustees of larger occupational pensions and authorised schemes could soon be required to calculate and publish their schemes’ carbon footprint under new government proposals. The Department of Work and Pensions is now...

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) is expanding its mentoring and development programme, which will pair 50 mentors up with those working in the pensions industry in 2021.  This programme builds on an...

Four out of 10 pension schemes recognise the need to move quickly on the issue of GMP equalisation of historic transfers according to research by Aon. This issue affects transfers with GMP...

US President Joe Biden has instructed officials to investigate the drafting of executive orders that could reverse a former President Trump law restricting the extent to which pension investors can invest in...

20-20 Trustees has unveiled three new hires, continuing their expansion in the professional trustee sector. Kate Leigh joins as trustee director, David Whitbread joins as associate director and Shay Owode joins as...

The Pension Schemes Bill passed through Parliament today but may not come fully into effect until well into 2022, say industry experts. The final Parliamentary stage of the Pension Schemes Bill was...