Industry

Professional Pensions has launched its new-look website with a re-engineered design and improved reader experience.

Liverpool-based HS Administrative Services – the admin business owned by Goddard Perry Consulting – has acquired the third-party administration (TPA) book and employee benefits division of Ascot Lloyd.

Only half of trustee boards currently review their own effectiveness on an annual basis, adding pressure to any preparations for Own Risk Assessments (ORAs), according to Willis Towers Watson (WTW).

The Money and Pensions Service (Maps) has launched a Beta version of its MoneyHelper consumer website, as part of the next phase of its new consumer brand launch.

The Pensions Administration Standards Association has launched an industry-wide survey to test its proposals for the rollout of the pensions dashboards.

Kim Gubler wants dashboards to be launched as soon as possible but notes challenges with personal data matching will mean the primary focus should be on ensuring pensions are correctly found not on displaying income amounts.

A framework supported by the United Nations to help financial organisations report and act on evolving nature-related risks has been launched.

This week’s top stories included Barnett Waddingham’s appointment of eight partners, while British Airways Pensions announced the outsource of in-house investment operations to BlackRock.

Aon has sold its US retirement business to Aquiline and its Retiree Health Exchange operations to Alight to facilitate its merger with Willis Towers Watson.

Jonathan Stapleton looks at how a double-digit growth in appointments is fuelling the influence of professional trustees