Pensions

The 350 largest UK-listed businesses' defined benefit (DB) pension accounting surplus fell to £52bn from £54bn by the end of August 2023, according to Mercer's Pensions Risk Survey data for August 2023....

Standard Life has appointed Andrew Davies to its Independent Governance Committee (IGC) which oversees the interests of close to 2.8 million workplace and Investment Pathways personal pension scheme members.  Davies is replacing...

The pension industry is broadly supportive of government proposals to improve pension trustee skills. In response to the Department of Work and Pension’s consultation on this issue, which closed today, a number...

Pension companies are calling for a cross-party ‘grand implementation plan' to ensure wide-reaching reforms, currently being proposed, are introduced in managed stages over the next decade. A host of DWP consultations close...

The largest employee wellbeing risks are mental and emotional health as highlighted by 52 per cent of UK respondents in a new survey from Aon.  According to Aon’s 2022-2023 Global Wellbeing Survey,...

Howden has appointed Mike Dalby as managing director of its UK consumer health & life business. Dalby, who joins Howden from AXA Health where he spent more than two years as a...

Liz Kendall will be Labour’s new shadow work and pensions secretary, replacing the previous incumbent Jon Ashworth. This change was announced by the Labour leader Keir Starmer this morning as part of...

Progress made in closing gender inequities in state pensions may be undermined if disparities between men and women employment DC pension benefits continue to increase, according to a new analysis from LCP....

Standard Life has launched a new annuity option, after higher rates have increased demand for these guaranteed income products. This launch comes after Standard Life’s research showed that certainty of income in...

Former Scottish Widows head of responsible investments and stewardship Maria Nazarova-Doyle has joined IFM Investors as executive director. Nazarova-Doyle, who announced her departure from Scottish Widows in July, will be leading the firm’s...