Pensions

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...

Fintech pioneer Sam Seaton has taken the role of chief executive officer of www.capadata.co.uk, the workplace pension data site that launches today. Seaton joins as the refreshed CAPAdata website launches, with enhanced...

The Government has set out a proposed timetable for the raft of regulation included in today’s "game-changing" Pension Schemes Bill. This roadmap, which has been broadly welcomed by the industry, sets out...

As the government pushes forward with its Mansion House reforms, pension providers are under pressure to improve outcomes, scale to £25 billion, and offer access to private markets.  TO DOWNLOAD A PDF...

The DC pensions sector stands at the cusp of significant change – with policymakers looking to introduce minimum size thresholds alongside new standards on value for money, better retirement support and more...