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...
Corporate Adviser editor John Greenwood is joined by Hugh Bennett from Howden Employee Benefits and Vitality’s Gary Impett to discuss: The biggest hurdles advisers face and how shifting employee and employer expectations...
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...
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a targeted support framework to help firms give consumers better investment and pension guidance, with applications opening in March 2026 and a provisional launch in April....
WTW has confirmed it will acquire Cushon from NatWest Group for an undisclosed sum. Cushon will run as a separate master trust from WTW’s LifeSight master trust, with the former focused on...
