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Standard Life will acquire Aegon UK for £2bn, with the transaction covering its UK pension and insurance business.  Standard Life said this acquisition will see the company become the UK’s largest retirement...

The corporate healthcare industry is divided over weight-loss drugs. Some of the biggest insurers, such as Aviva and Axa, do not offer weight loss drugs to corporate scheme members, while Bupa and...

Artificial intelligence has revolutionised approaches to communications and data, and is already shaping conversations around pensions engagement. Last year, a survey by trade body Pensions UK found that a majority of scheme...

The liquidity funds of Legal & General Asset Management have been made available on the Calastone Tokenised Distribution Network. The CTD Network was built to connect traditional fund products with digital distribution...

More than four in ten (43 per cent) of UK companies do not have a formal health and wellbeing strategy in place, according to research by insurance firm Everywhen. Research undertaken on...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out plans for open finance to give consumers and businesses more control over their financial data. The proposals would allow people to share data securely...

The regulators’ final rounds of consultation on the Value for Money (VFM) reform package, due to come into effect in 2028, have been met with a hail of criticism, with some voices...

Workplace pension scheme Nest has appointed Crescent Capital Group in a £450 million deal to manage an open-ended mandate investing in secured, first-priority loans to private companies. The investment is part of...

All respondents to a Society of Pension Professionals survey are utilising artificial intelligence within their business practices. This is an increase from last year, when 87 per cent of respondents confirmed that...

An amendment to the Pension Schemes Bill limiting the reserve power allowing the Government to direct the way pension funds invest is a welcome change, according to industry body Pensions UK. The...