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Trustees have a false sense of confidence in their long-term strategy with nine out of 10 believing they are prepared for the future, but a similar proportion having had to change tack...

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has raised a supplementary levy due to rising claims, which will raise costs for advisers and wealth managers.  This £92m supplementary levy was announced in the FSCS’s...

A technical change to the way the inflation index is calculated, as announced alongside the Spending Review, is an unlikely candidate for grabbing people’s attention. But if you’re one of the millions...

£100bn has been wiped off the value of index linked gilts and other RPI-linked assets by the Chancellor’s decision to dump the retail price index in favour of CPIH, says Hymans Robertson....

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s rumoured plan to ditch Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation measure in tomorrow’s spending review could wipe around 0.8 per cent a year off payment increases. The Chancellor is rumoured...

Rumours that the chancellor will look to reduce higher rate tax relief on pensions, to help make cost savings in a post Covid environment, have surfaced again.  There has been speculation that...

Those who have transferred out of a defined benefit scheme over the past 30 years now urgently need to seek advice on whether they are due top-up payments, following a high court...

There is little evidence that ESG-badged pension funds are delivering superior returns, although they cost significantly more according to Chris Sier, founder of ClearGlass Analytics and a former chair of the FCA...

UK defined benefit schemes have recovered to pre-Covid levels but the ongoing recession could present future funding threats, according to the latest Legal & General Investment Management research. LGIM’s DB health tracker...

20-20 Trustees has continued its growth strategy with the acquisition of Steve Southern Trustees Limited (SSTL), as well as recruiting several other trustees. Founded in 2012, Manchester-based SSTL currently supports over 50...