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Mercer has appointed Tom Austin as a director in its UK covenant advisory team The new hire is in addition to Kriti Chandnani, Joe Hornsby, Adam D’Souza, Brandy Mukasa and Michael Fenton...

Hartley Pensions Limited, which entered administration in July, has been targeted in a possible scam, says the FCA. According to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), consumers have been receiving calls and emails...

UK consumers considering reducing their private pension contributions has increased from 6 per cent to 10 per cent in a three-month period, according to Barnett Waddingham. Research by Barnett Waddingham in December...

MetLife UK has appointed Justin Harper as head of propositions for the UK. Harper will drive the development of new propositions and be in charge of managing the product portfolios for employee...

TPT Retirement Solutions has appointed David Lane as its chief executive officer. Lane has held the position of interim CEO since June 2022. He previously held the position of chief operations officer...

The percentage of economically inactive people is still greater than it was before the pandemic despite fewer over-55s retiring recently, according to the Office of National Statistics. The rate of economic inactivity...

Lifesight has been appointed as master trust provider for KBR, for its 6,400 UK defined contribution (DC) pension scheme members totalling about £350m. Employees from recently acquired organisations were given the option...

Economic inactivity caused by long-term sickness could increase by a further 140,000 by the end of 2023, according to Broadstone. The number of people leaving the workforce due to long-term illness increased...

Thousands of savers approaching retirement in September saw devastating falls in their fund value in the year to state pension age or their stated retirement age, with the average at-retirement default down 9.08...

The Pensions Regulator has called on trustees to strengthen the governance and oversight of DC schemes to ensure savers in lifestyle schemes are in strategies consistent with their investment objectives. In a guidance...