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Appointments: BT Pension Scheme, Dalriada, Capital Cranfield, FGC, Bfinance
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 13 June 2025.
Is your fiduciary management mandate fit for purpose?
Five years since mandatory tendering came into force for fiduciary management, two reports set out how providers have performed and how they are positioning for current and future challenges.
TPR chief calls for industry to address ‘unfinished business’ on pension reform
The regulator has called for everyone in the pensions sector to think about “their own role in making [industry] reforms a success”, in the wake of the publication of the Pension Schemes Bill.
Border to Coast launches first index fund with £2.6bn multi-factor strategy
BlackRock will manage the multi-factor index fund, which has secured cornerstone investments from five LGPS funds.
Mirror Group pension scheme secures £150m buy-in with Just
The MGN Pension Scheme – which was raided by Robert Maxwell in the 1980s – has secured a £150m buy-in covering 1,300 of its pensioner members.
Nest to tap into bulk annuity market to support post-retirement proposition
The UK’s largest defined contribution master trust has set out its post-retirement model, which will include flexible drawdown and a novel use of the bulk annuity market.
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Mansion House: Putting the ‘trust’ back into trusteeship
Rory Murphy, former chair of trustees at the Merchant Navy Officers’ Pension Fund, argues that trustees should take a proactive approach to investment decisions and not be led by advisers.
Decumulation CDC is a natural fit for the UK’s maturing DC pensions
Simon Eagle, a member of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries’ (IFoA) collective defined contribution working party, explains that traditional defined contribution retirement in the UK is on the verge of a major transformation.
Virgin Media v NTL Pension Trustees: where are we now?
There are an estimated 50,000 amendments that need to be reviewed following the Virgin Media ruling. Matthew Swynnerton of the Society of Pension Professionals explores how trustees can approach this unenviable task.
AI in pensions: An opportunity not to be missed
The rise of artificial intelligence has sparked the interest of policymakers, but trustees understandably may be more cautious. IGG’s Lou Davey looks at the risks and rewards of using this technology in pension scheme governance.
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Is your fiduciary management mandate fit for purpose?
Five years since mandatory tendering came into force for fiduciary management, two reports set out how providers have performed and how they are positioning for current and future challenges.
Nest to tap into bulk annuity market to support post-retirement proposition
The UK’s largest defined contribution master trust has set out its post-retirement model, which will include flexible drawdown and a novel use of the bulk annuity market.
Adequacy is top of the industry’s agenda after Pension Schemes Bill published
As the dust settles following the publication of the Pensions Investment Review final report and the release of the Pension Schemes Bill, the industry’s focus has immediately turned to adequacy.
The devil in the detail: What is the government’s investment backstop power?
The government has included a controversial ‘backstop’ power in the Pension Schemes Bill to allow it to mandate specific asset allocations - but the pensions minister is adamant that there is no intention to use it.
The pensions industry reacts to the ‘blockbuster’ Pension Schemes Bill
Pensions Expert rounds up views from experts across the industry as the government introduces its much-anticipated Pension Schemes Bill to parliament.
Is your fiduciary management mandate fit for purpose?
Nest to tap into bulk annuity market to support post-retirement proposition
Adequacy is top of the industry’s agenda after Pension Schemes Bill published
The devil in the detail: What is the government’s investment backstop power?
The pensions industry reacts to the ‘blockbuster’ Pension Schemes Bill
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Appointments: BT Pension Scheme, Dalriada, Capital Cranfield, FGC, Bfinance
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 13 June 2025.
Fitzgerald named permanent CFO at Nest
Louise Fitzgerald has been appointed permanently to the role she has held on an interim basis since March.
Appointments: BESTrustees, Barnett Waddingham, LCP, Quantum, Nest
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 6 June 2025.
Appointments: LGPS Central makes key ‘Fit for the future’ hire
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 23 May 2025.
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Nest to tap into bulk annuity market to support post-retirement proposition
The UK’s largest defined contribution master trust has set out its post-retirement model, which will include flexible drawdown and a novel use of the bulk annuity market.
TPT unveils ‘groundbreaking’ retirement income offering
The announcement comes after the government published plans for default post-retirement offerings in the Pension Schemes Bill last week.
Adequacy is top of the industry’s agenda after Pension Schemes Bill published
As the dust settles following the publication of the Pensions Investment Review final report and the release of the Pension Schemes Bill, the industry’s focus has immediately turned to adequacy.
Employers risk fines amid struggle to comply with auto-enrolment
Businesses risk non-compliance and fines after research found that just over half of employers are confident their pension scheme complies with automatic enrolment regulations.
Latest on Defined Benefit
Mirror Group pension scheme secures £150m buy-in with Just
The MGN Pension Scheme – which was raided by Robert Maxwell in the 1980s – has secured a £150m buy-in covering 1,300 of its pensioner members.
Three quarters of trustees are open to using surplus release power
The government intends to make changes to the Pensions Act 1995 to allow trustees to change defined benefit pension scheme rules to facilitate surplus release.
Royal London completes biggest bulk annuity deal to date with law firm’s scheme
Law firm Grant Thornton has sealed a £275m buy-in for its defined benefit pension scheme with Royal London, securing the pensions of 2,200 members and establishing a route to a full buyout.
Relief for DB schemes as government pledges action on section 37 issues
The DWP has said the government will legislate to address the issues posed by the Virgin Media-NTL case and allow for retrospective actuarial approval to be given to historic amendments.
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