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Up to 1.5m scheme members are still owed backdated payments due to the equalisation of guaranteed minimum payments — and in some cases refunds could be worth up to £25,000. This research...

Employee benefits software company Cloud8 has appointed Dipa Mistry Kandola as its new client strategy director.  Mistry Kandola will also join the firm’s board of directors.  In this new role Mistry Kandola...

Aon has appointed six of its senior employees to be partners in the global business.  Among those appointed are Tony Britton, who currently leads the strategy for Aon’s UK DC product suits,...

Corporate credit downgrades caused by the Covid crisis present a serious challenge for UK pension funds, according to Axa Investment Managers.  Since the start of the pandemic rating agencies have downgraded more...

Hymans Robertson has appointed Simon Mortimer to the new role of chief digital officer.  Mortimer joins from the Body Shop where her was vice president of digital, covering the USA and Canada....

Over 50 per cent of pension transfers carried out since the Covid crisis have triggered a scam warning.  This data was compiled for the Work and Pension Select Committe by XPS Pensions...

Ditching the state pension triple lock in favour of a ‘double lock’ is unlikely to save the government  money, according to a new policy paper from the Pensions Policy Institute. It recommends...

Seven out of 10 employees say they are not ‘resilient’ in the wake of the  coronavirus pandemic, according to new research.  This Aon survey, which covers employers across Europe, also found that...

Almost half of those currently on DB transfers say they are unsure whether they will still be active in this market in a year’s time, according to new research. More stringent regulation...

Digital GP services — which have been increasingly offered during the Covid crisis — have seen an increase in out-of-hours appointments. Research from AIG Life shows that one in six people using...