Pensions

The Pensions and Lifetime Association’s DB taskforce has fleshed out a radical plan for a superfund to pool the assets of thousands of DB schemes into a single industry-wide scheme. Publishing its...

The first automated transfers between occupational DC schemes through Origo's new fasttrack system has taken place, moving 305 members between Standard Life and Scottish Widows in around five days. Origo says the...

Six UK-based consultants have been named as partners in Aon’s global business has announced the promotion of six new UK-based partners to its global business. Kate Charsley, Aon Kate Charsley is a...

The health and wellbeing of family members is a greater priority for expatriate workers than the threat of terrorism, political instability and a higher cost of living, research from Aetna has found....

Capita’s Atlas Master Trust has signed up Schroders to manage DC default proposition to its scheme members. Capita Employee Benefits, which launched Atlas in 2015, will continue to administer the scheme, while...

A summertime change in insurers’ attitudes to pricing bulk annuities has led to a 10 per cent year-on-year cut in the cost of securing defined benefit scheme liabilites says Aon. The consultancy...

Women born in the 1950s would be able to access their state pension early if Labour were in power, shadow work and pensions secretary Debbie Abrahams is set to announce at the...

Nest has appointed risk and investment specialist Cardano support manager selection exercises and assist with its default investment strategy. Mark Fawcett, Nest Cardano will offer Nest general investment advice, ranging from the...

The FCA’s proposed new Transfer Value Comparison (TVC) has come under fire for focusing scheme members’ minds on a single large figure without giving due weight to long term income needs and...

Former Allen & Overy solicitor and Law Society president John Wooton will chair the Competition and Markets Authority’s investigation into potential conflicts of interest in the investment consultancy sector, the terms of...