Pensions

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...

Defined contribution (DC) pension scheme members have seen further improvements in their expected retirement incomes in 2025, according to Hymans Robertson. This is according to the analysis of its latest DC Provider...

Pension consultants Hymans Robertson and provider TPT Retirement Solutions have been confirmed as signatories to the Financial Report Council’s UK Stewardship Code.  This is a voluntary code. Those who become a signatory...

Hargreaves Lansdown has appointed Nathan Long as its targeted support lead. Long joined Hargreaves Lansdown as an investor line consultant back in 2003. Most recently, he served as senior policy analyst, responsible...

More than one in two firms working across the pensions industry now offer apprenticeship programmes according to the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP). A total of 52 per cent firms now offer...

Recent regulatory developments in the UK, including proposed legislation from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and new rules from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), are set to significantly influence pension...

Rachel Reeves’ growth-at-all-costs juggernaut rumbles on and now it’s the turn of the Pensions Regulator to jump – or rather, be forced – onto the bandwagon. In a speech called “Pension regulation...

What’s your current role – and what does it involve? I’m an investment development proposition lead, focusing on the investment strategies we make available for DC pension schemes. My role focuses on...

With the right approach from trustees, Collective Defined Contribution has the potential to address long standing challenges around adequacy and sustainability in retirement provision, significantly improving member outcomes. CDC is an exciting prospect,...

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...