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Demand for group risk and health and wellbeing benefits is growing among SMEs. While this is a huge opportunity for advisers, understanding the reasons behind this interest is key to ensuring an...

The public listing of SpaceX may represent an incredible opportunity for investors, a unique chance to profit from extraterrestrial exploration. Yet it remains to be seen as to whether its opening $135...

Benifex has appointed Gethin Nadin as chief advisory officer in a newly created role. The role aims to support the employee benefits technology provider's continued international expansion. Benifex says the appointment will help...

FTSE 350 companies’ pension spending has conclusively moved from defined benefit (DB) pension schemes to defined contribution (DC) schemes, according to new WTW data. Although many of these schemes have remained closed...

Phoenix Equity partners has sold its stake in Mobius to private equity firm Motive Partners, which specialises in investing and expanding fintech businesses.  Mobius provides a pension investment platform to DB and...

Smart Pension has surpassed £10bn in assets under management, a milestone the provider said reflects its growth since launching in 2014 following the introduction of auto-enrolment. The master trust now serves around...

Insurance-funded private hospital admissions reached a record 670,000 in 2025, marking the fourth consecutive annual high despite NHS waiting lists falling to their lowest level in almost three years, according to Broadstone....

Pensions could be switched more rapidly  under government proposals to amend the conditions for transfer regulations.  The Department of Work and Pensions is consulting on a range of changes, which include removing...

The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation which sets out targeted measures to address the risk of fraud within Small Self-Administered Schemes as part of a wider government programme...

Intense competition between insurers is helping the UK’s defined benefit pension schemes achieve record buy-in pricing, according to research by consultancy Lane Clark & Peacock. There was an annual record of 367...