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Could Standard Life launch be welcome shot in the arm for delayed pensions dashboard?

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As Standard Life rolls out plans for the UK's first commercial dashboard, could other pension providers soon follow suit?

Standard Life gearing up to launch UK’s first commercial pensions dashboard.

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Dashboard will help four million customers find their known and forgotten pension pots.

Hymans Robertson announces death of ‘beloved colleague’ Patrick Bloomfield

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Bloomfield was the firm’s equity member and senior actuary and a leading figure in the pensions industry for over 25 years.

New online pensions toolkit has been launched to explain GMP equalisation

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The free toolkit was developed by Quietroom and a consortium of UK’s largest defined benefit schemes.

Every pension scheme should have at least one accredited trustee on its board

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The Association of Member Nominated Trustees (AMNT) said the accredited trustee on the board can either be lay or professional, and that pension schemes and scheme sponsors should encourage and pay for all trustees' training and accreditation.

Climate change: TNFD guidance will support the green aims of pension trustees

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Recommendations enable both business and investors to integrate nature into decision-making.

LDI and the Liz Truss mini budget: One year on, what - if anything - has changed?

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Twelves months after Liz Truss’ mini budget exposed weaknesses in liability driven investment (LDI), Pensions Expert looks at what, if any, lessons have been learned.

BBC appeals against High Court ruling

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BBC confirmed there will be no reduction to any pension benefits already built up and nothing will change before the second half of 2024​.

Phoenix Group rakes in £3.2bn BPA business during H1 2023

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The owner of Standard Life saw its BPA premiums grow year-on-year from £1.6bn during the first half of last year.

Savers shrug off cost-of-living crisis to increase 'later-life' savings pots

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More people are saving for their retirement, with holidays now further down the list, according to Nottingham Building Society.