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Lloyds sells remaining stake in Standard Life Aberdeen
Lloyds Banking Group has sold its remaining stake in Standard Life Aberdeen following a decision to withdraw £109bn of assets managed by the firm for Scottish Widows.
Walmart to retain Asda scheme after Sainsbury's merger
Obligation for the Asda defined benefit (DB) pension scheme will not be shared between Walmart and J Sainsbury following the merger of their two supermarket businesses, it has been confirmed.
Tesco DB deficit plunges by £2.8bn after changing discount rate calculation
Supermarket giant Tesco has halved its overall defined benefit (DB) deficit after adapting its discount rate calculations to better reflect trends in long-dated corporate bond yields.
Industry rejects IA's 'nonsense' report on hidden costs
The Investment Association's (IA) report on hidden costs and charges has been blasted as "amateurish and totally misleading" in a damning attack from the industry.
Gilt yields hit record low
The yield on the benchmark 10 year gilt fell to a record low yesterday, dropping below 1.25% for the first time and bottoming at 1.22%.
Scheme assets bounce back from 'Black Monday' plunge
There has been a significant rebound in the asset values of UK defined benefit (DB) pension schemes since this week's ‘Black Monday' stock market turmoil.
Auto-enrolment: The coming challenges
Helen Morrissey finds there is still plenty of potential for non-compliance
Charge cap would lead to 90,000 AE schemes being reviewed
Up to 90,000 employers would be forced to review their defined contribution (DC) schemes if a charge cap was introduced, according to a government impact assessment.
BlackRock launches third DGF as market heats up
BlackRock has launched a new multi-asset strategy aiming to provide cash outperformance of 6% as competition heats up in the diversified growth fund (DGF) market.
Targeting fund success
Taha Lokhandwala looks at the debate over target date funds as the market expands
Charging pressures to 'spark trend for passive funds'
Continuing pressure to bring down charges could lead to a greater trend towards passive management, Society of Pension Consultants president Roger Mattingly says.
NEST cuts gilt allocation across all target date funds
The National Employment Savings Trust has cut its allocation to conventional gilts across all 47 of its retirement date funds.
£8bn of long dated gilts up for grabs
The Treasury is set to re-open its long dated syndicated gilt offering this month, laying out more than £8bn of government loans for direct purchase by pension funds.
