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The overall funding level for the 87 funds participating in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in England and Wales increased from 110 per cent in May to 112 per cent by...

Experts say that the Consumer Duty deadline, which is today, has increased focus on consumer needs and transparent decision-making but they are urging a shift from outdated “zombie” products to better options....

Lower productivity caused by ill-health sickness is costing UK businesses an extra £25 billion a year, according to a new report from the Institute of Public Policy Research.  The think tanks says...

Concerns have been raised that the government will scale back advertising and communications around the new pensions dashboard due to spending cuts. Yesterday the Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a raft of measures...

Boostworks, a provider of employee reward and recognition, benefits delivery and wellbeing solutions, has appointed Joanne Werker as CEO. Werker, CSMO, will take over as CEO on August 1, 2024, replacing Andy...

The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a ‘call for input’ on its own rules, with the aim of simplifying the current raft of regulations, reducing costs and paperwork for firms, and helping support...

First Actuarial has introduced a new layer of associate partnerships in its structure and appointed 14 new associate partners. The new associate partners are Sarah Abraham, Marcos Abreu, Andrew Allsopp, Carl Fletcher,...

Pension scam warning ‘flags’ are at highest level in nine months according to new data from XPS Group. In total more than nine out of 10 pension transfer cases (92 per cent)...

Tillit has entered the workplace pension market with a Sipp (self-investment personal pension) product, which offers auto-escalation as standard, in a bid to help employees boost pension pots.  Tillit is the first...

Only 33 per cent of the UK's smallest businesses have considered implementing sustainable benefits a high priority, compared to 53 per cent of all companies, according to Zest.  According to the research,...