Customer service, value for money and improving governance are among the Pensions Regulator’s key priorities for the year ahead as it looks to pave the way for the changes heralded by the Pension Schemes Bill.
The master trust and its trustee company have been fined £50,000 each over communication failings and issues around reporting incidents to the Pensions Regulator.
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 18 July 2025.
Sole trusteeships increased by 13% year-on-year, according to Hymans Robertson, despite increased scrutiny of professional trustee firms from the Pensions Regulator.
The work and pensions secretary told MPs yesterday that she was “very concerned” about the challenges facing pension savers and that the government would have “more to say” next week before parliament goes to recess.
The Association of British Insurers’ George Ritchie explores the Financial Conduct Authority’s targeted support plans and what they mean for the help trustees can give to their pension scheme’s members.
Dawn Turner, former chief executive of the Brunel Pensions Partnership, looks back on a busy year so far as she prepares to chair Pensions Expert’s Defined Benefit Strategic Summit in September.
The recent signing of the Mansion House Accord by 17 major UK pension schemes has put pensions and investment returns firmly under the spotlight, writes People’s Partnership chief executive officer Patrick Heath-Lay.
David Whitehair, chair of the Defined Contribution Investment Forum, argues against mandation of asset allocations and instead calls for investible assets and better governance.
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 18 July 2025.
Former Phoenix Group chair John Lister is to take over as chair of the Border to Coast Pensions Partnership later this year, succeeding Chris Hitchen.
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 11 July 2025.
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 4 July 2025.
The master trust and its trustee company have been fined £50,000 each over communication failings and issues around reporting incidents to the Pensions Regulator.
The work and pensions secretary told MPs yesterday that she was “very concerned” about the challenges facing pension savers and that the government would have “more to say” next week before parliament goes to recess.
Rumours had swelled in recent days that the chancellor would use her address to announce phase two of the government’s Pensions Review.
More than 20 major employers have committed to prioritising pension value over cost, in a move designed to improve outcomes for millions of UK workers.
The £800m transaction secures the retirement benefits of more than 1,700 retirees and 3,000 deferred members, and included a deferred premium element to help the trustees manage illiquid assets.
Ongoing tariff negotiations and the Autumn Budget are among the risks trustees must navigate over the coming months, as well as ongoing discussions around surplus release.
Pension Insurance Corporation, the specialist bulk annuity provider, has been acquired by European insurance giant Athora in a deal worth an estimated £5.7bn.
Pensions UK is calling for urgent government action after DB pension schemes were unexpectedly billed for an administration levy connected to the PPF, with the largest schemes facing bills of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
With connection deadlines coming and going and many organisations already linked up, independent consultant Richard Smith assesses the government’s progress on dashboards and looks at what is still left to do to make them a reality.
Private sector pension schemes with more than 5,000 members and auto-enrolment DC schemes with more than 1,000 members should all be connected by the end of this month.
Around 90% of pension scheme memberships could be connected to the pensions dashboards ecosystem by the end of this year if the current schedule goes to plan.
The government will today introduce the much-anticipated Pension Schemes Bill to parliament, setting the stage for a wide-ranging and ambitious overhaul of workplace pensions in the UK.