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Utmost Group has agreed to sell its bulk purchase annuity (BPA) business, Utmost Life and Pensions (ULP), to JAB Insurance. The sale includes the entire ULP business, which holds more than £5bn...

Employees working just two days a week on the new National Living Wage will now qualify for auto-enrolment pensions, according to Standard Life. According to the analysis, from April 2026, the National...

Hargreaves Lansdown has partnered with Smart-owned technology platform Keystone in a multi-phase investment to upgrade its Workplace business. According to the firms, the multi-million-pound deal will improve employer administration and allow employees...

Benefits platform Ben has raised £20.8m in a Series B round to support its product roadmap and its go-to-market capabilities. It was led by Mercia Ventures, with involvement from existing investors Atomico,...

SPONSORED COPY How can providers support members when it comes to retirement decisions?  Effective retirement support starts with understanding members’ needs, and these can be very different. This isn’t just about pension...

Aegon UK is including a more significant allocation to private markets within its second largest workplace default, the Aegon LifePath strategy.  This default strategy is used by more than 375,000 pension savers...

There’s no getting away from it, charges are going to go up across the board in the DC pensions market. The current dual or multiple default strategy is only going to last...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is reviewing the rules around contract-based pensions to allow performance fees to be included outside of the 0.75 per cent charge cap. Some media outlets have reported...

More than 250,000 additional people aged 60–64 are now living in relative income poverty compared with 2010, as state pension age increases take effect, according to a report from the Standard Life...

More than 27 per cent of UK workers, around 9 million people, have no idea how many pay days remain before they stop working, according to Aviva. According to Aviva, awareness declines...