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Smart Pension is investing £330m - 5 per cent of its default fund - into two funds looking to help transition the UK to cleaner energy sources.  Both funds are managed by...

Towergate Employee Benefits has appointed Roberto Russo as global benefits management principal consultant. Russo has strong expertise in global employee benefits, having spent nine years at Generali Employee Benefits and MAXIS Global...

Fidelity’s default investment strategy for UK workplace pension schemes, FutureWise, has reached £20 billion in assets under management (AUM).  The strategy supports over 250,000 pension members, aiming to help them build better...

Aviva Investors has updated its range of three Retirement Income Model Portfolios (MPS) to help investors manage income in retirement, using Aviva Investors, which has expertise in managing institutional workplace pension strategies...

Nest, Smart Pension and consultancy firm XPS Group have connected to the pensions dashboard programme.  This is the first stage of the dashboards programme, with connection to a centralised dashboard run by...

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has flagged significant data quality concerns as the pensions dashboards deadline approaches, warning that many schemes still carry a backlog of "data debt" caused by years of underinvestment...

Retirement fintech platform Freedom has named Damian Stancombe as its chief executive officer. Stancombe was previously a partner at Barnett Waddingham and is the founder of 60 Paydays to Retirement, a financial...

MetLife UK has expanded access to its Life and Legacy services to include employees’ parents and in-laws under its group life policies. The move is in partnership with funeral planning provider Everest,...

Government, regulators and major pension providers have launched the ‘Pound for Pound’ initiative, a pilot designed to test value-based metrics ahead of the forthcoming Value for Money framework. The initiative was unveiled...

XPS Group's trading solution, Xchange, has facilitated over £330 million worth of deals for pension schemes trading illiquid assets on the secondary market. XPS has been helping schemes trade these types of...