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Ombudsman sides with Shell on climate change dispute

The Pensions Ombudsman has sided with the Shell Contributory Pension Fund in the legal challenge regarding the disclosure of climate change information, which has prompted environmental lawyers ClientEarth to request the body to review its internal procedures.

Fewer than a quarter of construction workers auto-enrolled

On the go: Fewer than a quarter (23 per cent) of blue-collar construction workers are participating in a workplace pension, according to new figures from the Department for Work and Pensions.

Bulk annuity market to reach £540bn in next decade

On the go: The bulk annuity market is expected to quadruple in the next decade compared with the current one, which saw £135bn paid to insurers, according to estimates from Mercer.

Govt guarantees doctors’ emergency pension payments

On the go: The government will guarantee that senior clinicians’ pension tax bills will be paid even if the employer ceases to exist, the secretary of state for Health and Social Care announced.

Schemes’ endgame decisions could be hit by IFA shortage

Pension schemes using enhanced transfer value exercises as a way to reach an endgame solution could soon see their journey delayed, as new rules coming into the advice sector are reducing the defined benefit transfer market.

Civil servants told to complain about pension overpayments

On the go: The Public and Commercial Services Union is advising its members to not comply with a request from the Civil Service Pension Scheme administrator and present a formal complaint if necessary.

Digital bank teams up with Smart Pension for auto-enrolment solution

On the go: Revolut and Smart Pension have teamed up to offer a retirement savings solution for the digital bank’s business customers.

TPR’s debt recovery rate stalls despite record enforcement activity

On the go: Despite the Pensions Regulator enforcement activity reaching a record high, the recovery rate against recoverable debt remains at 30 per cent, new research has revealed.

Four-fifths of FTSE 350 schemes eligible for consolidation

On the go: More than four-fifths (84 per cent) of FTSE 350 companies’ defined benefit schemes are eligible to join a commercial consolidator, new research showed.

Now Pensions tax relief top-up claims double in a year

On the go: Workplace pension provider Now Pensions will be topping up pension pots of non-taxpayer members for the fourth year, after seeing claims double in 2017-18, when compared with the previous period.