As the market consolidates, what does it mean for members and trustees? The UK pensions market is moving decisively towards consolidation. Policymakers and regulators have made clear that the future lies...
Industry body the Pensions Management Institute has called on a new UK government, led by incoming prime minister Andy Burnham, to place simplicity, stability and savers at the heart of its approach...
Average simple pension transfer times remained at 10 days over the year to 30 June 2026, according to the latest figures from the Origo Transfer Index (OTI). Simple transfers, which account for...
Financial resilience is becoming a greater focus of workplace financial wellbeing strategies, according to research from Aon, which found more than half of UK employers now consider financial wellbeing an important priority,...
With Andy Burnham set to formally replace Keir Starmer as the UK’s prime minister on Monday 20 July, some within the pensions sector are questioning what this means for the industry. Currently,...
Patrick Heath-Lay, CEO for People’s Pension The Commission is right to recognise that the UK's main pensions challenge is improving the adequacy and fairness of the pensions system in the context of...
A Schroders Capital report has shown that 85 per cent of investors expect greater market volatility over the next year. The report interviewed 1,000 investors and intermediaries with combined assets under management...
For decades savers and advisers took it as an article of faith that pensions sat outside the crosshairs of inheritance tax. But from 6 April 2027, this assumption will no longer be...
More than two-thirds of defined benefit pension schemes are considering how to use surplus, but most still face barriers to reaching their endgame. This is according to research from LCP's latest DB...
Lewis Daley, workplace investment lead, Royal London In DC pensions, scale is no longer a strategic ambition – it’s becoming the price of admission. The proposed Pension Schemes Bill’s £25 billion default...
