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XPS Group has appointed five new partners and promoted 135 people within the pension consultancy and administration business.  Promotions have been made across all 15 XPS locations in the UK. The new...

Aegon has upgraded its member insights digital governance tool, with a view to boosting member engagement with workplace pensions.  This updated tools allows employers, trustees and advisers to monitor and improve member...

Hymans Robertson has appointed Sachin Patel to be its head of corporate DB.  In this role, Patel will lead the team to support corporate clients as they navigate the array of complex...

Pension providers and single employer schemes are set to sign up to a new pledge to invest 5 per cent of their assets in UK private markets, according to sources. Believed to...

Scottish Widows is the latest pension provider to unveil details of a new long-term asset fund, designed to boost investment into private markets.  The open-architecture LTAF will be launched later this year,...

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) annual funding statement shows the vast majority of DB schemes are now showing a surplus — with the regulator stating it expects them to shift their focus from...

The People’s Partnership has appointed Marija Simpraga and Raymond Wright as co-heads of real assets, to lead its investment drive into private markets.  The People’s Partnership, which runs the People’s Pension master...

Future Growth Capital (FGC)  — the private markets joint venture between Phoenix Group and Schroders — has launched two diversified long-term asset funds (LTAFs). One of these LTAFs will be a global strategy...

Pension administrators are gearing up for a flurry of enquiries once dashboards launch, with a third of pensions schemes predicting that the majority of their members will access this new service within...

As we mark the 10th anniversary of the Pension Freedoms legislation, Mercer is taking a look at how this has changed some commonly held beliefs and misconceptions. In this first article of...