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Bigger is better’ and ‘scale matters’ have become watchwords across the DC landscape in recent years. But this doesn’t just apply to default funds — for certain clients it can be equally...

Two years into his role as CEO of Independent Governance Group (IGG), indie rock-loving Mancunian Andrew Bradshaw has a vision of a new form of professional trustee firm.  For Bradshaw it is...

Tripling its numbers in since it was spun out of KPMG in 2020, independent consultancy Isio now has nearly 1,300 employees.  As the firm celebrates its five-year anniversary, its expansion and evolving...

As 2024 draws to a close  it is clear that consolidation has been a dominant theme for the DC pensions market this year — not just among providers but also for the sector’s...

Kerry Baldwin runs a ‘deep tech’ venture capital fund and chairs the government body looking to facilitate greater DC investment into private markets. She tells Emma Simon why this could deliver benefits...

PIB Employee Benefits, the most recent winner of the Firm of the Year award at the 2024 Corporate Adviser Awards, has in recent years gone through a period of rapid expansion. For...

Emma Simon talks to the Society of Pension Professional’s new president Sophia Singleton about how a new Government and an insightful girl guide might inspire a new approach to retirement savings After...

Pension professionals aren’t usually seen as being natural born rebels, particularly those that have worked in the industry for 40-plus years, have sat on the boards of major providers and chaired government...

Group protection sales may be on the up, with 900,000 new members covered on these workplace policies last year, but the new chair of the trade body, Group Risk Development (Grid) Colin...

Like most large pension providers Scottish Widows is enjoying stellar growth, with auto-enrolment helping boost its assets under management from £32 billion to £92 billion in recent years.  But Scottish Widows workplace...