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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...

The Broadstone Sirius Index has shown that pension scheme funding suffered setbacks in the face of considerable economic and market volatility following the ongoing US-Israeli war in Iran. The funding level of...

In recent years, the term 'targeted support' has been used widely. It has become a political and media shorthand for directing help to the people who need it most in recent weeks,...

Verlingue is looking to further expand in the UK, and is keen to hunt out appropriate acquisitions in the employee benefits space, according to Mike Latham, chief executive of the French firm’s...

Trustees should consider how a covenant is impacted by geopolitical volatility and factor that into assessment of covenant reliability, according to consultancy Lane Clark & Peacock. The statement comes at a time...

The Iran conflict, which escalated in the second half of Q1, triggered a 22.5 per cent quarter by quarter decline in deal value and a 12.4 per cent drop in deal count...

The UK government is to give an annual payment of £70 to approximately one million individuals in net-pay schemes, two years after first offering to pay the compensation. People earning £10,000 or...