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Scottish Widows has made four senior appointments to its investment leadership team into newly-created roles. The company has appointed Matt Brennan to be its new head of asset allocation. Brennan, who joins...

Pension investment into private markets can support greater engagement among DC members, and may drive up contribution rates, according to research from Legal & General. L&G’s latest annual DC research found that...

There are “major risks” in encouraging schemes to invest in UK productive assets, and the new value for money regulation could create a “herd mentality” among schemes and hamper investment innovation. These...

Fidelity International has appointed Hub Financial Solutions to run an annuity broking services for its pension savers.  This service will be available to Fidelity’s workplace and retail pension customers and will offers...

Dalriada Trustees has appointed three new managing directors to help oversee the ongoing expansion of its services. Shehzad Ahmad will lead Dalriada’s proposition and client portfolio for sole trustee appointments, and is...

For the first time more than half of UK pension schemes are under professional or sole trustee arrangements, according to new research. LCP’s fourth annual Professional Trustee survey shows that professional trustees...

The costs of running a DB scheme have increased by an average of 37 per cent in the past year, with a third of trustees reporting increases of more than 50 per...

More than half of Local Government Pension Scheme funds have yet to set a net zero strategy or target to reduce carbon emissions, according to new analysis by XPS Group.  The consulting...

The Department of Work and Pensions minister Sir Stephen Timms has reiterated that he would like to see the government set out a timetable to increase auto-enrolment contributions. His comments came at...