DC

Half of global GDP is dependent on nature. That means $44 trillion is at risk if what the World Economic Forum  (WEF) calls “destructive, extractive and unsustainable practices” continue to deplete the...

Life expectancy assumptions used by UK pension schemes have increased slightly in the latest mortality model, according to the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI). According to the latest update to its mortality projections...

Sipp and SSAS provider Alltrust has partnered with Freedom, a newly launched retirement-as-a-service platform headed by former Barnett Waddingham partner Damian Stancombe, to integrate banking and payment capabilities into its retirement platform. The...

Hymans Robertson has launched a new service designed to help defined benefit pension schemes assess whether running on is a viable option as they approach endgame. The service, called Horizon, is intended...

Aon has appointed Guy Clarkson as head of online for health solutions in the UK. Clarkson, who will join the UK Health executive team from Mercer Marsh Benefits, where he was the UK...

Trustees of defined contribution (DC) master trusts should begin preparing for future scale requirements under the forthcoming Pension Schemes Bill, according to new guidance from the Pensions Regulator (TPR). The regulator said...

The government was defeated five times in the House of Lords last week over the National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill, which caps NI relief on pension salary sacrifice at £2,000...

Over two in five, or 43 per cent of business leaders, think auto-enrolment (AE) contributions should be raised, according to research from the Standard Life Centre for the Future of Retirement. This...

Barnett Waddingham is urging the government to introduce ‘legally protected’ learning time for lay trustees as part of ‘proportionate reforms’ to strengthen, transparency, independence and decision-making across UK pension schemes. These comments...

Aegon UK has called for a two year trial period for the government’s upcoming Value For Money pension scheme framework, arguing that the “fiendishly complex” concept could not be widely adopted without...