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Legislation that will give trustees greater powers to block potential ‘scam’ transfers may not go far enough, and could fail to flag up one in three scams, according to data from XPS. ...

Smart Pension has partnered with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to create a new AE pension solutions for architect practices.  After a staff consultation period, RIBA has also moved its...

Advisers are embracing modelling tools to calculate ‘safe’ drawdown withdrawal rates in preference of   older fixed rate methods according to new research.  Aegon found that around 38 per cent of advisers...

More than six out of 10 people diagnosed with Covid-19 go on to experience long Covid symptoms, according to research from Canada Life. However the insurer found that the majority (93 per...

 Lincoln Pensions has launched a new scheme projection and risk modelling tool for trustees and sponsors. This new tool has been created ahead of The Pension Regulator’s new funding code of practices,...

HS Administrative Services has acquired Ascot Lloyd’s third-party administration book. Liverpool-based HS Admin is a long-established third-party administration specialist, offering administration, consulting and employee benefit services to defined benefit, defined contribution and other...

New research aims to identify the barriers that prevent DC schemes accessing private markets and other illiquid investments.  The research was carried out by the Pensions Policy Institute among a range of...

DC master trust default funds have recovered faster than expected after the initial Covid crash according to analysis by Hymans Roberston. The value of investments have increased significantly over the last 12...

Only a quarter of pension trustee boards are independently reviewing their scheme’s governance, despite this being proposed in forthcoming regulation from The Pensions Regulator. A report, by Willis Towers Watson suggests the...

Invesco has harmonised employee benefits across 16 different European, Middle East and African countries by utilising new technology provided by Aon. Around 1,8000 Invesco employees will now use a single technology platform,...