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The past year has seen the DC pensions industry embark on significant change, with the push towards fewer, larger schemes that can invest in a broader range of assets and deliver better...

Fund administration specialists the Apex Group will acquire Mercer’s stand-alone superannuation administration operations, expanding its footprint in the Australian pensions market. Under the deal, Apex will execute a strategic lift-out of Mercer’s...

People’s Partnership has appointed the former head of workplace pensions for Lloyds Banking Group, Jackie Leiper, as a non-executive director.  Leiper has considerable experience in the workplace pensions and wider financial services...

Broadstone advised on more than £500m of bulk purchase annuity business through its SM&RT Insure proposition during a record 2025.  This proposition is designed to offer an efficient process for small and...

Verlingue has further strengthened its position in the UK market with the acquisition of employee benefits  consultancy EBCam for an undisclosed sum.  This Cambridge-based specialist firm has an experienced team in place...

TPT Retirement Solutions has questioned whether superfunds should continue to pay a higher levy to the Pension Protection Fund than employer-sponsored schemes. Its concerns were raised in a consultation run by the...

Group life schemes provide employees with a cheap and impactful benefit. In reality, few of us will die while of working age, but for those that do, a substantial lump sum can...

Utmost Group has agreed to sell its bulk purchase annuity (BPA) business, Utmost Life and Pensions (ULP), to JAB Insurance. The sale includes the entire ULP business, which holds more than £5bn...

Hargreaves Lansdown has partnered with Smart-owned technology platform Keystone in a multi-phase investment to upgrade its Workplace business. According to the firms, the multi-million-pound deal will improve employer administration and allow employees...

Many in the industry may be wary of securitised debt arrangements, given the role that these bundled investments played in the global financial crisis.  But as the workplace pension sector looks to...