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2023 was a remarkable year for defined benefit pension schemes. For many schemes and their sponsors, the world has changed: funding conversations are less about how to address deficits but instead focus...

Mercer's latest review of FTSE 350 pension schemes highlights significant increases in bond yields during January 2024. According to Mercer's study, corporate account funding levels are expected to recover overall and reach...

Standard Life completes £114m buy-in with the Vector Pension Scheme Standard Life, a Phoenix Group company, completed a £114 million bulk purchase annuity transaction that included about 1,800 participants in the Vector...

Finance firms are emerging as frontrunners in attracting top talent with superior benefits packages, according to a recent report. The Employee Perks Index, which is conducted by equities management platform Vestd, shows...

Canada Life has appointed Dan Crook as its interim MD for group protection. The news comes as managing director of group protection business, and individual protection business Tim Stoves steps down following...

TPT Retirement Solutions has appointed Marc Cox as its consultant relationship manager. Cox will focus on improving TPT's market offer, especially by finding and interacting with employee benefit consultants (EBCs), especially those...

The aggregate surplus of the 5,050 schemes within the PPF 7800 Index experienced a slight dip as of January 2024, totalling £425.4 billion, down from £428.2 billion at the end of December...

Broadstone has appointed Deon Dreyer to its consulting & actuarial division as an investment director in the investment consulting team in London. Dreyer recently led Ortec Finance's Climate and ESG business in...

Spectrum.Life is the latest specialist provider to join Grid, the industry body for group risk. Spectrum.Life offers onsite and digital health, mental health, and wellbeing services, including a platform and content solutions...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is actively assessing the proposed transaction between Aviva and AIG Life to determine its classification as a merger under the provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002....