UK

The Pension Protection Fund is looking to reduce its annual levy to zero, reflecting the improved funding position of many defined benefit schemes.  In total the PPF now has reserves of more...

The Aon UK DC Pension Tracker dipped slightly in Q3 2024, declining from 65.2 to 64.6, reflecting lower expected retirement living standards. The most impacted savers were younger savers, whose predicted retirement...

Barnett Waddingham has appointed Alison Murray as a principal and senior consultant within its public sector team. Murray joins from Aon where she worked for over 12 years, most recently as head...

Employers are playing an increasingly important role in the private healthcare market, with seven out of 10 treatments funded through PMI policies in the second quarter of 2024.  Over this period almost...

CDC must be made "attractive and accessible through a broad range of designs" from multiple providers as the market matures, according to Hymans Robertson. The paper, CDC: The Pensions Industry Perspective, is...

The DC workplace industry has welcomed FCA proposals to introduced targeted support for pensions as a ‘third way’ option between full-fat advice and more generalised guidance. Standard Life retirement savings director Mike...

Pension firms will be able to offer targeted support, offering products or bespoke suggestions to specific cohorts of consumers, under new proposals outlined by the Financial Conduct Authority.  These proposals are the...

The trend of bulk annuity insurers providing improved retirement communications and access to independent financial advisers (IFAs) is expected to pick up speed in 2025, according to Aon. IFA help upon retirement...

Leading professional trustee firms have formed a new Trustee Sustainability Working Group (TSWG). The group seeks to improve stewardship practices across the industry, through engagement with fund managers and investee companies, while...

Investment platform provider Tillit is the latest company to call for the government ro raise minimum AE contributions to avoid a “looming retirement crisis”. The company points out that forthcoming pension reforms...