Standard Life has launched 'Family Finance Hub', a digital coaching platform aimed at helping families navigate key financial moments. According to Standard Life, the platform aims to build financial literacy, boost financial...
Once again, the pensions industry is braced for a raft of changes for DC schemes. The Pensions Schemes Bill, introduced to Parliament last week, contained a host of measures covering small pots,...
Three out of four defined benefit trustees say they intend to adopt the new statutory override, giving themselves the power to distribute surplus funds — according to new research. The research also...
Dalriada Trustees has further expanded its senior team, by appointing Barbara Fewkes to head of sole trusteeship and Gill Howard to operational lead for the pensions management team. These newly created roles...
The aggregate surplus of the 4,969 schemes in the PPF 7800 Index is estimated to have increased to £221.1 billion as of May 2025, from a surplus of £202.5 billion. Meanwhile, the...
I constantly hear the debate played out on how important pension engagement is or isn’t in a world of default solutions where people are defaulted into their workplace scheme default contribution level,...
SPONSORED COPY The UK pensions industry stands at a crossroads. While automatic enrolment (AE) has successfully driven passive participation during the accumulation phase, the challenges faced during the decumulation phase remain unsolved....
Capital Cranfield has appointed former head of DB solutions distribution at LGIM, Lisa Purdy, as professional trustee. Purdy has 20 years of experience spanning actuarial, investment consulting, asset management and insurance. At...
Millions of people face pension shortfalls later in life, with women underestimating how long they will live by seven years, and men by four. These figures are contained in Barnett Waddingham’s new...
The BT Pension Scheme has appointed Matt Davies to be its trustee director. Davies succeeds Emily Clark who, having left BT, stepped down from the trustee board. Davies is chief finance officer...
