Scottish Widows

Hymans Robertson has unveiled research analysing investment performance across the 16 largest master trust default funds. Kim Kaveh explores the data.

Pub retailer and brewer Greene King has signed a £50m bulk annuity contract with Scottish Widows for the Spirit Pension Scheme.

Experts have called for trustees to improve pension communications using psychological and administrative techniques ahead of the fourth annual Pensions Awareness Day.

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Prudential has agreed an annuity referral partnership with Hub Financial Solutions as part of the provider's plan to widen the range of products and services available to its customers.

Turnaround company Melrose Industries is seeking to insure the benefits of one of the GKN pension schemes it took on when acquiring the aerospace business earlier this year, according to reports.

Four bulk annuity transactions worth over £1bn were transacted by Scottish Widows in the first half of the year, according to its half yearly report.

The defined benefit (DB) pension schemes of Lloyds Banking Group saw their combined accounting surplus grow by £954m over the first six months of 2018.

Six out of nine automatic enrolment (AE) providers have no policy to prevent investments in companies that profit from chemical and biological weapons, according to analysis by ShareAction.

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.