Funding levels slip in November: Broadstone
Funding levels edged lower in November with Broadstone’s fully hedged model slipping from 72.5 per cent to 71.7 per cent while the 50 per cent hedged scheme dipped from 109.1 per cent...
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Smart Pension joins body to invest in renewable blockchain ‘tokens’
Smart Pension has joined forces with investment platform Mobius and technology and renewable specialists to explore how tokenisation could open up access to private market assets. Octopus Energy Generation and Ctrl Alt,...
In focus: Green light for retirement-only CDC
The UK pensions industry faces another major shake-up with the proposed introduction of retirement-only CDC arrangements. This reflects a new focus from policymakers and regulators on decumulation, with the recognition that in...
DB scheme surpluses rise by £22bn over past 12 months: PPF
The financial position of DB pensions continues to improve, with the PPF index showing scheme surpluses rose by £22.1bn over the past year. The surplus for the 4,838 schemes in this index...
One third of employers do not measure sickness absence impact: Grid
About a third of employers, 32 per cent, do not track the impact of sickness absence, a shift from 2024 when 69 per cent did, the highest level in six years and...
TPR revises administration guidance to cover emerging cyber threats and data security
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has issued new administration guidance for trustees and scheme managers amid consolidation and regulatory change across the sector. The regulator says this revised guidance is designed to help...
Navigating the new pensions world: insights from 2025
If 2025 has proved anything, it’s that the UK pensions landscape is altering. From regulatory developments to how people are reshaping their pension and personal finance expectations, we look at what’s changed...
Smart Pension completes Options transfer
Smart Pension has completed the £650m transfer of assets from Options Workplace Pension Trust, bringing its total AUM to just over £9.3bn. This is one of the largest master trust to master...
National Pension Tracing Day sees 2,000 trace £31bn in lost pensions
Record numbers engaged with lost pensions on National Pension Tracing Day, with 190,000 reached on social media, nearly 2,000 starting to trace pots and 18,021 website sessions, up 131 per cent on...
TPR to investigate barriers that slow pension investment in private markets
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched a fresh drive to understand why pension schemes are are not allocating more money into private markets and UK infrastructure, despite government efforts to encourage long-term...
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