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The government has shared the final Pension Investment Review report, confirming that it will take a reserve power in the Pension Schemes Bill to set binding asset allocation targets, as it moves ahea ...
Defined benefit (DB) pension transfer values hit a historic low of £137,000 in mid-April 2025, according to XPS Group's Value ...
Nearly half (45 per cent) of pension professionals indicated that about half of schemes that they are advising on a potential ...
The government has published its response to the consultation on options for defined benefit (DB) schemes, confirming that it is looking to make changes to DB surplus rules, and is also continuing to ...
Defined contribution (DC) pension schemes reported mixed returns over Q1 2025, as strategies with a greater allocation to equities saw weaker performance than more diverse strategies, which provided ...
Smart Pension has announced plans to invest up to 15 per cent of its flagship fund into private markets, as it looks to support the UK government's efforts to encourage investment into national infras ...
The majority (93 per cent) of UK businesses with closed defined benefit (DB) pensions schemes larger than £500m plan to request access to surplus once government rules are amended, research from Brigh ...
The Living Wage Foundation has announced that the living wage pension accreditation will now extend to defined benefit (DB) pension schemes ...
The Morrisons Retirement Saver Plan has completed a £270m buy-in with Aviva, securing the retirement benefits of over 32,000 deferred members of the RSP Section of the scheme ...
Nearly two thirds (63 per cent) of the profit warnings issued by UK-listed companies with a defined benefit (DB) pension scheme so far in Q2 have cited the direct or indirect impact of tariffs and ...
The government has published research commissioned by HMRC, which asked questions about attitudes to salary sacrifice and ...
One in six (16 per cent) of UK adults use gut instinct or guesswork to gauge their retirement savings target, research from ...