Trustees of defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB) pension schemes face a moment of real challenge and opportunity. The direction from Government and regulators is clear: stronger governance, better outcomes, more...
Clara-Pensions has agreed its latest superfund transaction with the Church Mission Society and the Trustee of the CMS Pension Scheme, making it the UK’s fourth DB Superfund transaction. The agreement means that...
Barnett Waddingham (BW) has appointed Oliver Ward as principal and risk transfer actuary to its bulk annuities team. Ward spent nearly 12 years at PwC, where he began his career in the...
Trustees, consultants and insurers have launched a new industry body, aimed at supporting schemes facing critical ‘endgame’ decisions. The Endgame Perspectives Group (EPG) is a cross-sector initiative that also includes administrators and...
HS Trustees has expanded its team with the appointment of Palwinder Hare as a professional trustee. Hare has extensive legal experience particularly in relation to mergers and acquisitions, and until very recently...
Aon has appointed Ben Roe to be its head of UK retirement, within the wealth solutions division. Roe, who takes up this new role with immediate effect, is currently a senior partner...
Hymans Robertson has launched TRUST, an end-to-end risk transfer and investment service that supports smaller pension schemes in completing bulk annuity transactions. TRUST, which supports schemes with £150 million or less in...
More than half of pension schemes see potential in the new DB surplus rules but say it’s too early to tell how impactful they’ll be, according to a recent poll at an...
The Pensions Regulator has set out plans to tackle the ‘unfinished business’ of the UK pensions system — saying it is looking to drive up standards across the trustee and advisory market. ...
Trustees must do more to hold insurers to account on sustainability issues ahead of a buy-out transaction. This call was made by professional services firm Zedra, which said that there was an...
