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The DC Investment Forum (DCIF) has elected Mark Austin as the new chair and David Whitehair its vice chair for 2024. Mark Austin is pensions and insurance Eexecutive for Northern Trust’s Asset...

Company insolvencies hit a record high since 1993, totalling 25,158, with creditors' voluntary liquidations (CVLs) making up the majority. The figure includes 20,577 CVLs, 2,827 compulsory liquidations, 1,567 administrations, 185 company voluntary...

Just Group secures benefits with a £400 million buy-in for all members of the pension scheme of a big UK tech company. The deal covers 2,500 pensioners and 1,500 deferred members. Mercer...

Between the Mansion House reforms of early summer and the recent Autumn Statement, a consultation about small pots became big box office. There were ministerial speeches and newspaper briefings extolling the benefits...

The world around us changed irrevocably when Covid struck. We were forced to adapt to survive. Remote working was quickly established for all but the most essential face-to-face workers. And we all...

Broadstone has appointed Andrew Knight-Stephens to be a senior member of its London-based investment consulting team.  Knight-Stephens was most recently an investment specialist at British Airways pensions having previous worked in a...

It can be a tough market for employee benefit consultants, given rising regulatory and insurance costs and the need to invest in technology, which continues to develop at pace.  This has driven consolidation...

The Department for Work and Pensions today published revised regulations regarding defined benefit funding in response to the consultation that was started in July 2022. The main changes are that scheme funding...

An alarming number of men feel they can’t be open about their health, with a recent study showing that nearly one in five admit they struggle to talk about health issues out...

Employee benefits consultancy Benefit has recently been certified as a ‘B Corporation’ business, reflecting its high social and environmental standards and a commitment to balance purpose with profit. There are now 7,800...