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Deficits in DB pensions schemes have increased by a further £10bn since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown. Official figures from the Pension Protection Fund show the total deficit of the UK’s...

Companies that score better on environmental, governance and social (ESG) factors have outperformed during the recent market volatility cased by the Covid 19 pandemic.  Research by Fidelity International, using their own ESG...

Increasing numbers of pension schemes are looking to protect against longevity risk with a record numbers of buy-ins, buy-outs and longevity swaps in 2019. New analysis by Hymans Robertson shows these totalled...

DB pension transfers are declining rapidly, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. New data from LCP shows that member interest in transfers is at its lowest level since 2014, before the...

People approaching retirement have far higher levels of anxiety about the financial consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic than younger investors, according to new research. Aegon has launched a new tracker survey to...

Baroness Jeannie Drake, one original architects of auto-enrolment has been appointed to The People’s Pension board of trustees. This is one of two new appointments. The People’s Pension has also appointed consulting...

Cardano Group has appointed Marino Valensise to be its group chief investment, and oversee the investment strategy of Now: Pensions. Valensise joins from Barings Asset Management, where he has worked for the...

Brunel Pension Partnership has appointed Caceis to provide cost transparency and benchmarking services. This will be a three-year partnership, and comes as Brunel Pension Partnership is pooling around £30bn of investments across...

Axa PPP Healthcare is offering is number of policy enhancements to support members through the current Covid crisis. This includes setting up a new clinical support centre which will provide virtual access...

Lifestyling strategies used by the default DC pension schemes have helped protect members from worst effects of the severe stock market correction that has followed the coronavirus pandemic. Pension advisers and trustees...