WTW demands DWP redraft new DB scheme rules
Willis Towers Watson has called for the government to "go back to the drawing board" and redraft proposed new DB funding rules. In response to a Department of Work and Pensions’ consultation...
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WPA offers life stage healthcare to SME market
WPA Is now offering its LifeStage Health product to the SME market. This plan provides access to care and support options for a number of conditions that are often excluded from traditional...
Zedra continues expansion with acquisition of Clear Pen Solutions
Zedra has acquired Clear Pen Solutions, a professional trustee service, increasing its footprint in the UK pensions services and corporate pensions market. This is the latest acquisition by Zedra, which snapped up...
Smart Pension buys Ensign Master Trust
Smart Pension has acquired Ensign Master Trust, its eighth acquisition since launch. The Ensign Master Trust has £158m in assets, and runs the workplace pensions for 5,100 members across 62 employers. It...
Lord Turner profile: Consensus through clarity
Ten years on from the launch of auto-enrolment and two decades from the Pensions Commission that shaped it, the world of workplace pensions has been transformed. Reducing means testing, raising the state...
Gender gaps persist in AE provision
Significant gaps remain in pension awareness and engagement 10 years after the launch of auto enrolment, according to new research. Standard Life has found that female and lower income workers are disproportionately...
LifeSight wins pension mandate from GSK
GlaxoSmithKline spin-off Haleon has appointed LifeSight to run its company pension. Previously this was a single-employer trust, run by GSK. The scheme, which has 2,000 members will now use LifeSight’s master trust. ...
FCA should be compelled to promote financial wellbeing: TISA
The FCA should have a statutory objective to promote financial wellbeing, according to a leading industry body. The Investing and Savings Alliance (Tisa) has called for amendments to the Financial Services and...
PLSA welcomes further BoE action in gilt market
The Bank of England has stepped up its bond-buying activity in a move to shore up the financial system and protect pension funds. The Bank has announced it will widen is bond...
L&G launches digital ESG service for trustees
Legal & General is offering a new ‘expression of wish’ service with Tumelo, allowing trustees to identify the ESG issues that matter most to their members. It says this new digital service...
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