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DWP launches guidance for DC schemes to meet £25bn scale measures
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (109+ words) Are you a trustee, investment consultant or in-house pension and benefit scheme professional? You can apply for full complimentary access here Trustees should act now to prepare for DC scale requirements, TPR urges Deputy Editor at Professional Pensions Kristy Cotton:…...
Professional Pensions: Stories of the week
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (99+ words) Are you a trustee, investment consultant or in-house pension and benefit scheme professional? You can apply for full complimentary access here DC defaults become more growth-focused as providers adapt to member behaviour Industry raises concerns over PT conflicts in trustee…...
Pensions UK appoints 21 new policy committee members
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (190+ words) Zoe Alexander: Our committees play a crucial role in ensuring we have a broad perspective when shaping our policy positions on behalf of savers The trade body's four committees focus on specific policy issues across the pensions landscape " aiming to…...
Call for TPR to become single regulator for pensions as part of megatrust shake-up
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (495+ words) Michael Johnson: The Pension Schemes Bill will reconfigure the workplace DC pensions The paper " Trustee as Sovereign, published yesterday (4 March) " and authored by Michael Johnson, says the Pension Schemes Bill reforms will create as few as ten dominant megatrust providers…...
TUC calls for workers to have more say in how their pensions are governed
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (341+ words) The TUC says the government should establish minimum requirements for member representation at scale The union's report comes as the government's consultation on improving trustee and governance closes for comments tomorrow (6 March). The report found member representation requirements were previously…...
Royal Mail CDC scheme publishes 2025 actuarial valuation
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (115+ words) Are you a trustee, investment consultant or in-house pension and benefit scheme professional? You can apply for full complimentary access here TPR sets out projections for next ten years of DB schemes Nikesh Patel " Pensions are not a sovereign wealth…...
Morten Nilsson - Are DB pensions finally out of the woods?
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (363+ words) DB schemes are finally out of the woods, but challenges remain Many schemes are better funded, better governed and more resilient than at any point in recent memory. It is tempting, therefore, to ask whether DB pensions are finally "out…...
Nikesh Patel – Pensions are not a sovereign wealth fund
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (81+ words) Are you a trustee, investment consultant or in-house pension and benefit scheme professional? You can apply for full complimentary access here Royal Mail CDC scheme publishes 2025 actuarial valuation Reduction in average maturity of issuance as scheme demand for longer maturities…...
Pensions UK calls for Pension Schemes Bill mandation power to be withdrawn
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (436+ words) Julian Mund: The mandation power risks distorting the market, compromising saver outcomes and eroding trust in the system The trade body said that, as drafted, the reserve power extends "significantly beyond" the government's stated intention of supporting the Mansion House…...
Budget 25: Rachel Reeves limits salary sacrifice pension contributions to £2,000
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1523+ words) Picture by Kirsty O'Connor / Treasury In her Budget speech today (26 November), Rachel Reeves said salary sacrifice was intended to be small part of pensions system but noted costs would triple - from around "2.8bn in 2016-17 to a projected "8bn in 2030 - with the "greatest…...