DC

The performance gap between the best and worst-performing DC growth-phase default strategies widened to 14.4 percentage points in 2024, up from 9.7 per cent in 2023, according to Barnett Waddingham. The data...

Royal London Asset Management has appointed Lee Hollingworth to the newly created role of DC and retirement proposition director.  In this role Hollingworth will focus on developing innovative pension propositions for both...

Investment platform Tillit has launched a range of Shariah-compliant investment opportunities for its workplace pensions clients and retail customers. Tillit, which operates a workplace Sipp is launching two new equity funds within...

Is the Mansion House drive to “limit defaults” driven by a greater focus on scale to accelerate value? Is it part of the regulatory focus to make the UK DC pension structure...

Employees in the UK are not given enough time off or support to grieve, according to MetLife UK. According to the survey, 21 per cent of employees, up from 15 per cent...

Isio has appointed ex-FCA supervisory specialist Ritchie Thomson to be a strategic advisor to its regulatory conduct business. Thomson worked for the FCA for 20 years, and led the regulators’ supervisory work...

Schroders has been appointed as a partner by Utmost Life and Pensions (ULP) as it enters the bulk purchase annuity (BPA) market. Schroders will initially manage nearly £400 million of ULP’s annuity...

DB transfer values fell to a record low in mid-January 2025 following a month-end drop in December 2024, according to XPS Group’s Transfer Value Index. The Index hit £142,000 before recovering slightly...

Pension credit claims for the 2024/25 year to date have reached 300,000, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), surpassing the 251,100 applications received during the entire 2023/24 period. About...

Spectrum.Life has appointed Ian Ranger as head of insurance for the UK and Ireland.  Ranger has over 17 years of experience in the protection market having held roles at Canada Life and...