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Running a smaller defined benefit pension scheme can be a real challenge and comes at a vast expense. There have been more than 1,000 new pieces of pensions legislation since the turn...

Premier is taking over the investment consulting business of Ormonde Partners and will launch a new division called Premier Investment Consulting Ltd (PICL). The deal sees Mark Hodgson, a managing director at...

There has been a decline in the number of people who have lost track of old pension pots, according to new research from Aegon.This improvement, although small, comes at a time when...

The Pensions Regulator and Pension Protection Fund are proposing changes to the way DB schemes submit information annually on their investment strategy and assets held. The two bodies are proposing a new...

There is growing support among employers and pension professionals for new collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes. Research by Aon found that almost four out 10 (38 per cent) of employers would consider a...

New rules bringing in criminal sanctions for misconduct in the management of occupational schemes could lead to schemes deferring contributions and would discourage people from becoming trustees. That is the warning from...

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...