UK

The Financial Ombudsman Service has appointed Liam Coleman to be its appointed chair. Coleman will take up the role on 10 October 2025. The FCA and the Financial Ombudsman are currently seeking to...

Aviva Investors has updated its range of three Retirement Income Model Portfolios (MPS) to help investors manage income in retirement, using Aviva Investors, which has expertise in managing institutional workplace pension strategies...

The Government Actuary’s Department (GAD) has been commissioned to prepare a report on the state pension age as part of the third state pension age review. The review will evaluate how current...

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has flagged significant data quality concerns as the pensions dashboards deadline approaches, warning that many schemes still carry a backlog of "data debt" caused by years of underinvestment...

Schroders now manages more than £500m in assets across 10 defined benefit schemes through Enplan, the consolidation platform developed by Entrust and Isio. The milestone comes 18 months after Schroders joined as...

Retirement fintech platform Freedom has named Damian Stancombe as its chief executive officer. Stancombe was previously a partner at Barnett Waddingham and is the founder of 60 Paydays to Retirement, a financial...

DB schemes need to reassess their endgame plans due to recent industry and legislative changes, according to Hymans Robertson. The firm's 'Excellence in Endgames State of the Nation' paper outlines how the...

Older homeowners unlocked £636 million in property wealth in Q2 2025, a 10 per cent increase from £578 million in Q2 2024, according to the Equity Release Council. The rise was driven...

MetLife UK has expanded access to its Life and Legacy services to include employees’ parents and in-laws under its group life policies. The move is in partnership with funeral planning provider Everest,...

The value of DB transfers have increased for the first time this year according to data from XPS Group. Its transfer value index increased to a month-end value of £141,000 on June,...