Standard Life has completed the £15bn transfer of its DC default assets into more sustainable investment strategies. This means that 1.5m of its workplace pension savers are now invested in a sustainable...
The Pensions Regulator will publish its new code later this year, but trustees should be taking steps now to plan how they will comply with this new code. Trustees need to ensure...
The aggregate surplus of defined benefit schemes in the Pension Protection Fund increased in October, despite the widespread volatility in bond and gilt markets. In total the surplus of the 5,215 schemes...
Six out of the 10 largest DC pension providers have yet to publish 2025 emission reduction targets, seen as a key part of hitting net zero targets. This was one of the...
The Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) has appointed Andrew Whyte as their new chief executive. Whyte most recently worked as the Financial Conduct Authority's director of communications. He has also worked for...
Broadstone has appointed Brett Hill and Damon Hopkins to lead its Employee Benefits division. Hill and Hopkins join Broadstone as head of health & protection and head of defined contribution (DC) workplace...
The Department of Work & Pension has confirmed that Laura Trott is the new minister for pensions, with responsibility for pensioner benefits including the State Pension, private and occupational pensions, and oversight...
One or more tipping points, such as the collapse of the Greenland ice sheet or the Amazon dieback, might be set off by a 1.5°C increase in global temperature and result in...
Two out of three active fund managers underperformed passive funds during the market volatility of the past year, according to the latest Morningstar data, which covers over 30,000 funds in Europe and...
Hymans Robertson has appointed Patrick Bloomfield to the role of senior actuary. Bloomfield, a former ACA chairman, has been at Hymans Robertson since 2004, becoming a partner two years later. He has...
