Phoenix Group has made its first private debt investment into the Australian market. The UK savings and retirement firm has invested £75m with Worley — an energy and resources firm that is...
Last week (August 7) President Trump signed an executive order that helps facilitate US pension funds — including the popular 401ks — to boost investments into private market assets, including cryptocurrencies. Given...
LifeSight will invest £450m of its core default into Schroders Greencoat Global Renewables+ Long-Term Asset Fund (LTAF), a move which has been welcomed by the government. This is part of LifeSight’s broader...
Last week’s announcement that Smart Pension has made a strategic investment into two Octopus Energy Generation funds is more than just good news for clean energy, it also shows how UK pension...
The PPF 7800 Index for August shows the aggregate funding surplus for the DB universe climbing £10.6bn to £241.1bn, a further boost to funding resilience. Meanwhile, the funding ratio increased by 1.5 percentage...
Scottish Widows has appointed Jenny Davidson as intermediary wealth director, effective October 2025. Davidson has over 30 years of experience in financial services across firms such as Standard Life, abrdn and Quilter....
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...
Modern slavery in global supply chains poses a reputational risk for workplace pension schemes, that could lead to both legal and financial penalties, according to IFM Investors. The global private market investor,...
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...
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...
