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Nest has appointed Sarah Laessig and Myfanwy Barrett to its board.  The appointments were made by the secretary of state for work and pensions and come after Ron Jarman and Ian Armfield...

Hymans Robertson has appointed Susan Black to the new role of head of GAP (governance, administration and projects) within its LGPS team.   Hymans says this role has been created against the backdrop...

Smart Pension has appointed former Mercer DC investment strategist James Lawrence as head of investment proposition. Lawrence will develop and lead investment strategy for the Smart Pension Master Trust, which has £1.8bn...

Kay Ingram has left LEBC to pursue a new venture as a personal finance commentator and broadcaster. Ingram, a qualified chartered financial planner, had been with LEBC for 18 years. She had...

Stoneport, the DB pension consolidator scheme from Punter Southall, has appointed Margaret de Valois as a new senior consultant. De Valois is a qualified actuary who has previously worked at Western Pensions,...

Hymans Robertson has appointed Leonard Bowman to the newly created role of head of corporate DB endgame strategy. Hymans said the creation of this role recognised the importance for companies with DB...

James Fouracre has been appointed head of distribution for the HSBC Master Trust. The master trust, which was authorised in 2019, is offered by HSBC Retirement Services Limited (HRSL), part of HSBC...

More than nine out of 10 companies see more responsible business practices being a key driver of future growth, according to new employee benefit research. However, the findings suggest that for this...

Automatic enrolment has been a huge success, but it’s placed the trustees of defined contribution, occupational pension schemes (DC OPS) under significant pressure. If we just look at the numbers; the trustees...

Switching asset gathering at pension and wealth firms for the UK’s biggest group income protection provider is a big change for Unum’s new CEO Mark Till. So what is his mission and what...