The number of defined benefit (DB) schemes will fall in the next decade as superfunds begin to strengthen, pension professionals believe.

Researchers from Cass Business School and the University of Bristol have found that the tendency of women to be more risk-adverse than men is a major contributor to pension inequality in the UK.

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are looking for untraditional ways to build endgame strategies in order to better balance member and employer needs, the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has found.

XPS Pensions Group has published early results for the six months to 30 September, growing revenues 8% as it attempts to return to a “modest” growth rate.

Asset manager Greencoat Capital has signed an agreement to acquire a Rotherham biomass power plant in an investment on behalf of several pension fund clients.

Automatic enrolment (AE) has helped level the number of women saving into a workplace pension with the number of men, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has said.

Broadstone has acquired Bristol-based BBS Consultants & Actuaries for an undisclosed amount as it continues to expand its actuarial and consulting service.

The total number of mandates in the market rose 10% in the 12 months to June 2019 despite ongoing challenges stemming from the Competition and Markets Authority investigation into fiduciary management markets, KPMG finds.

Schroder Investment Management will be taking over the Woodford Patient Capital Trust by the end of the year, with Tim Creed and Ben Wicks leading the team-based approach.

Trustees and scheme sponsors should avoid significant pension actions until proposed changes to RPI inflation methodology become clearer, Lane Clark & Peacock says.