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UK’s schemes funding continues to improve, with the aggregate surplus of the 5,215 schemes in the PPF 7800 Index rising by £59.5bn to £313.8bn, according to The Pension Protection Fund (PPF). According...

UK retirement security has declined for the fifth consecutive year, according to Natixis Investment Managers. According to the Natixis 2022 Global Retirement Index, a multi-dimensional index created to examine the factors that...

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has released an average earning figure of 5.5 per cent for May to July 2022 that locks in the earnings element of the state pension triple...

Nearly 59 per cent of employers prioritise social wellbeing support but only 12 per cent of workers genuinely want it while 36 per cent actually need mental health support, according to research...

20-20 Trustees has appointed Vanessa Roberts as associate director to its Bristol office. Roberts joins from Nationwide Building Society where she worked as the pension scheme secretary. Roberts has been working in...

The has been a record increase in the number of over 65s in the workplace according to the latest ONS data. Its figures shows an additional 173,000 over 65s joining the workforce...

Healix Health Services has revealed that its Healix ConneX app helps improve employee recovery times by up to 80 per cent by promoting early intervention.  Healix ConneX was first introduced earlier this...

Around 45 per cent of DB pension schemes that submitted valuations in 2021 extended the end of their recovery plan, compared to 35 per cent the year before, according to the latest benchmarking analysis...

Embark Group has sold Vested Employee Benefits Limited (VEBL) to Benefiz, the  independent employee benefits consultancy founded by Tim Gillingham. VEBL will continue to operate under its own brand as a subsidiary of...

People may be able to manage their retirement income more effectively if soft defaults that are tailored for various retirement need/desire archetypes are used, according to the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI). The...