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Fiduciary managers struggled to show they were rewarded for taking risk in 2020, according to a report by Barnett Waddingham. The review of fiduciary manager investment performance for UK pension funds carried...

Hymans Roberston has appointed Philip Pearson to be the new head of LGPS Investment. Pearson joined Hymans Roberston in 2020, where he has worked as a senior investment consultant, helping develop client...

The industry has called for further clarity around the Pensions Regulator’s new prosecution policy.  TPR is consulting on its policy for investigating and prosecuting the new criminal offences which were included in...

Cosan Consulting has launched ARM, a new administration resilience and mobility solution that offers what it claims is the UK’s first, cloud hosted, ‘escrow type’ independent data backup for pension schemes. Callsed...

Employee benefits and pension consultants Broadstone Group has acquired Quattro Pensions to support its growth in the occupational pension schemes market.  Midlands-based Quattro Pensions has been providing actuarial and scheme administration services...

The trustees of several major UK DB pension schemes have demanded a judicial review of government plans to replace the Retail Prices Index (RPI) with housing cost-based Consumer Prices Index (CPIH) as...

Mercer has named Jo Holden global head of investment research replacing Deb Clarke, who has held this role for the past eight years. Mercer’s global research team’s asset class specialists support work...

Tesla’s announcement in a SEC filing on Monday 8 February 2021 that it had bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin - described by some as digital gold - was quickly followed by...

The Financial Conduct Authority and The Pensions Regulator have published new guidance for employers and trustees on the help they can give members with DB transfer options. LCP partner Steve Webb says...