Professional Pensions: Stories of the week

LGPS reforms, DB member confidence, Scottish Widows private market investment options

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Professional Pensions: Stories of the week

This week’s top stories include Local Government Pension Scheme reforms announced by the government, research on confidence of define benefit scheme members, and Scottish Widows launching new investment options to unlock private market opportunities.

1.      LGPS scheme reforms to tackle gender pension gap and survivor benefits Millions of women working in local government are set to see their pensions improve under Local Government Pension ...

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