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Smart Pension has completed the £650m transfer of assets from Options Workplace Pension Trust, bringing its total AUM to just over £9.3m. This is one of the largest master trust to master...

Record numbers engaged with lost pensions on National Pension Tracing Day, with 190,000 reached on social media, nearly 2,000 starting to trace pots and 18,021 website sessions, up 131 per cent on...

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched a fresh drive to understand why pension schemes are are not allocating more money into private markets and UK infrastructure, despite government efforts to encourage long-term...

The number of shareholder rebellions against executive pay doubled over 2025, according to an analysis of voting at the AGMs of FTSE100 companies.  The figures from corporate governance adviser Indigo Governance showed...

The FCA will set a clearer demarcation between ‘retail’ and ‘professional’ investors in a bid to drive innovation and boost investment across the UK.  This will effectively remove regulations for firms dealing...

Barnett Waddingham has expanded its Scottish footprint by opening an office in Edinburgh. This comes after the firm opened an office in Glasgow earlier this year.  These moves are part of BW’s...

PMI-funded hospital admissions reached 338,000 in the first half of 2025, the highest first-half total on record and a slight increase on the 336,000 recorded in H1 2024, according to Broadstone. The...

What are the key considerations for schemes integrating private markets into default strategies?  DC investors deserve access to the full investment universe, including opportunities in private markets that have traditionally only been...

Whether stand-alone or as part of a broader health cash plan, dental and optical cover deliver significant benefits for employers and employees alike. And, although it’s a low-cost benefit, its perceived value...

More than one in four employers using salary sacrifice currently rely on the associated national insurance savings to fund additional pension contributions or other employee benefits, new research shows.  Employee benefits specialists...