Scottish Widows

Lloyds Banking Group has agreed to acquire Zurich's UK workplace pensions and savings business, which has assets under administration of more than £15bn and around 500,000 customers.

The Cabinet Office has named Legal & General as the preferred provider for the civil service's defined contribution (DC) scheme.

This week's top stories were a ransomware attack on TPR, and the new pensions minister being urged to tackle outstanding policy issues.

Trustees of the Monsanto Pension Plan have agreed a £100m buy-in, protecting benefits for around 150 pensioners.

A second round of IGC reports show most charges have been brought down, but transaction costs remain hard to pin down. Michael Klimes looks at the key findings

Scottish Widows' independent governance committee (IGC) has said it is encouraged by the provider's "progress" in delivering value for money.

De-risking deals hit £10.2bn last year thanks to a busy second half as concerns over Solvency II waned, according to Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).

Aon has strengthened its defined contribution (DC) product team with two senior hires.

Scottish Widows has invested a further £30m in a major workplace savings programme to improve products and services for its corporate pension clients.

It has been 10 years since the first pensioner buy-in was completed. Helen Morrissey looks at how the industry has evolved.