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The Pensions Regulator has launched a consultation on its new code of practice for multi-employer CDC schemes.  This revised code sets out the authorisation criteria for providers who want to run one...

Aegon UK is including a more significant allocation to private markets within its second largest workplace default, the Aegon LifePath strategy.  This default strategy is used by more than 375,000 pension savers...

Insuretech firm Lumera will acquire the consultancy firm Acuity for an undisclosed sum.  Acuity specialists in complex pensions and workforce reforms for public sector schemes, and has longstanding relationships with both the...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is reviewing the rules around contract-based pensions to allow performance fees to be included outside of the 0.75 per cent charge cap. Some media outlets have reported...

The Government will consult on whether there needs to be greater regulation of trustees, via a new accreditation process and centrally set standards.  The consultation is also asking for industry feedback on...

The People’s Pension has published its first responsible investment (RI) report, less than a year after ditching State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) as its main asset manager, and hiring Amundi and Invesco...

DB trustees will be able to transfer surplus payments into a DC arrangement via a new solution offered through Aviva Master Trust. This new option is aimed at both DB trustees and...

The FCA has confirmed that its proposed targeted support regime will not apply to master trusts or other occupational DC schemes overseen by The Pensions Regulator (TPR). It reiterated that it has...

The Government will introduce secondary legislation to allow workplace pension providers to side-step current direct marketing rules when recommending retirement solutions under the new targeted support framework. The announcement was made in...