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Aon has appointed Guy Clarkson as head of online for health solutions in the UK. Clarkson, who will join the UK Health executive team from Mercer Marsh Benefits, where he was the UK...

Trustees of defined contribution (DC) master trusts should begin preparing for future scale requirements under the forthcoming Pension Schemes Bill, according to new guidance from the Pensions Regulator (TPR). The regulator said...

Richard Parkin has been named as head of retirement at T Rowe Price. He will be expected to work closely with clients, regulators, and industry partners to lead the firm’s UK retirement...

Retirement savers may reduce or pause contributions or disengage from their pensions entirely due to current volatility in the jobs market, according to Kirsty Ross, proposition director at People’s Partnership Ross made...

The government was defeated five times in the House of Lords last week over the National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill, which caps NI relief on pension salary sacrifice at £2,000...

Over two in five, or 43 per cent of business leaders, think auto-enrolment (AE) contributions should be raised, according to research from the Standard Life Centre for the Future of Retirement. This...

Barnett Waddingham is urging the government to introduce ‘legally protected’ learning time for lay trustees as part of ‘proportionate reforms’ to strengthen, transparency, independence and decision-making across UK pension schemes. These comments...

Standard Life has appointed Nuwan Goonetilleke to be its interim chief investment officer, and the CEO of its retirement solutions and asset management division. This follows the announcement that the current incumbent...

Aegon UK has called for a two year trial period for the government’s upcoming Value For Money pension scheme framework, arguing that the “fiendishly complex” concept could not be widely adopted without...

Trade body Pensions UK, formerly the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association, has appointed 21 industry experts to its DB, master trust, local authority and DC committees. The four committees focus on specific...