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The Covid crisis has not had a significant impact on the risk transfer market, which has remained buoyant during the first half of this year, with significant transactions being completed, according to...

Three quarters of DC and DB pension schemes believe they will be ready to join the pensions dashboards initiative provided they have two years to prepare, a Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association...

Larger occupational pension schemes and master trusts could be compelled to improve reporting over climate change risks, under proposals published by the Department of Work and Pensions today. In its consultation paper...

Complying with new dashboard regulations could cost pension schemes and providers millions, according to new research. Pension consultants LCP say that despite government assurance to the contrary, there may be significant costs...

Regulators have teamed up with football commentators to further raise awareness of pension scams and encourage savers to show fraudsters ‘the red card’. The new campaign comes as TPR and the FCA...

The financial health of the DB pension schemes in the UK improved moderately in the second quarter of this year, following the impact of the Covid pandemic in the first three months....

Bulk annuities sales have proved to be resilient despite difficult market conditions, with almost £13bn of business placed in the first half of this year. According to Aon this is the fourth...

Aberdeen Standard Investments chair Martin Gilbert and Chris Hitchen, the former CEO of Railpen, are two of a string of high-profile figures appointed to the asset and liability committee of The Pension SuperFund....

I’ve been waiting for a while for anyone to come up with a good argument as to why introducers – particularly those that intervene on DB pension transfers – should not be banned....

Pension deficits have continued to rise during July, despite the economic lockdown easing, according to the latest data from Mercer. Its Pensions Risk Survey data shows the accounting deficit of the DB...