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This week’s top stories included the release of new guidance from the GMP Equalisation Working Group, while Zedra acquired pensions executive support provider Inside Pensions.

UK pension funds are “underprepared” to combat the risks of cybercrime and fraud, according to research by Crowe.

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) and Phoenix Group have warned a joint approach is needed across the pensions industry and the government to improve scheme engagement with climate change.

The UK recorded a compound annual growth rate of 4.6% in the last decade and is now the third largest global pension market, having slipped behind Japan during a difficult 2020.

Excess deaths in week five of 2021 were 5,526 higher than if mortality rates had been the same in 2019, bringing the total number since the start of the pandemic to more than 100,000.

Inside Pensions has been acquired by Zedra as part of the active wealth, global expansion and fund services specialist’s drive to expand its presence in the pension services space.

Professional Pensions rounds up some of the latest tender awards from across the industry.

The UK is investing £10m in a national green finance research centre that will advise lenders, investors and insurers, enabling them to make environmentally sustainable decisions, and support a greener global economy.

Those who could benefit most from Pension Wise guidance are most likely to miss out on it, according to Just Group analysis of Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) research.