Investment

Age Partnership has launched a service to gather member information for schemes exploring a medically underwritten bulk annuity deal.

The trustee of the £120m Shop Direct Group Pension Plan has chosen Towers Watson to manage its investment portfolio on a fiduciary management basis.

Anna Rogers - the former Mayer Brown partner who co-founded ARC Pensions in June - hopes her new boutique pensions law firm will expand to 20 lawyers.

Better comms could ensure the £20bn spent on DB each year isn’t wasted

We have seen major volatility in world stock markets in recent weeks. Karen Heaven highlights the key questions schemes need to ask.

Almost half of UK defined benefit schemes use a fiduciary manager, according to research from Aon Hewitt.

Citizens Advice has suggested that over 55s should be able to access face-to-face guidance from Pension wise on more than one occasion.

Concern firms could suffer 'reputational damage'

Three unions are prepared to ballot 1200 members of 1600 workers at Northumbrian Water and Essex and Suffolk Water over proposals to axe the company's final salary scheme.

LV= is launching a toolkit intended to help members in defined benefit schemes (DB) understand their options at retirement in light of freedom and choice.