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UPDATED: The UK's biggest pension consulting firms by revenue
UPDATED: The UK's biggest pension consulting firms by revenue

PP has analysed the accounts of the biggest pension consulting firms and recorded the turnover (revenue) in their most recent accounts. The full leaderboard is below…

  • Industry
  • 25 June 2020
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories include Heathrow Airport's defined benefit plan completing a £325m buy-in with Legal & General, and gig economy workers getting a renewed boost to their right to join a workplace pension.

  • Industry
  • 15 June 2018
The £2.5bn a year cost of pensions consulting
The £2.5bn a year cost of pensions consulting

Jonathan Stapleton comments on the cost of pensions consulting and asks if consolidation will drive this down.

  • Industry
  • 09 May 2018
P-Solve appointed Samworth Brothers' scheme investment adviser
P-Solve appointed Samworth Brothers' scheme investment adviser

P-Solve has been appointed as the investment advisor for Samworth Brothers' £450m defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.

  • Appointments
  • 12 March 2018
The evolving role of property in pension funds
The evolving role of property in pension funds

Over the last 50 years, there has been a steady downward trend in property asset allocation. Charlotte Moore explores how scheme attitudes are changing

  • Investment
  • 21 February 2018
Muse Advisory hires governance specialist
Muse Advisory hires governance specialist

Muse Advisory has appointed Chris Fagan as associate director to expand its governance team and help grow its UK advisory offerings.

  • Appointments
  • 12 February 2018
Redington expands DC team with two hires
Redington expands DC team with two hires

Redington has appointed Natalie Flood and Jonathan Parker as part of wider plans to grow its defined benefit (DC) business.

  • Appointments
  • 07 February 2018
Nearly 60% of employers fail to personalise pension communications, says research
Nearly 60% of employers fail to personalise pension communications, says research

Most companies are not taking enough action to tackle the significant pensions inertia within their workforce, according to a survey by LifeSight.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 08 August 2017
Aon hires two consultants to DC team
Aon hires two consultants to DC team

Steven Leigh and Adam Hayes have joined Aon Hewitt's defined contribution (DC) team as senior consultants.

  • Appointments
  • 05 September 2016
Dalriada Trustees makes senior hire
Dalriada Trustees makes senior hire

Vassos Vassou has been hired by Dalriada Trustees to grow business in London and the South East.

  • Appointments
  • 31 May 2016
Halcrow prepares rescue plan for DB scheme
Halcrow prepares rescue plan for DB scheme

After a solution to save the Halcrow's DB scheme was ruled illegal by the High Court, the trustees are looking at an alternative option. Kristian Brunt-Seymour looks at the case.

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  • 11 May 2016
The Fiduciaries: Eleven fiduciary managers have their say

Professional Pensions asked eleven of the leading UK fiduciary management firms questions about key skillsets, performance measurement standards and challenges for the year ahead. This is what they said…

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  • 23 March 2016
Is private equity performance really immune from market volatility?
Is private equity performance really immune from market volatility?

PP asks if the alternative asset class actually delivers diversified returns during these market jitters.

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  • 15 February 2016
The top 20 pensions news articles in 2015: BA ousts trustee chairman, salary sacrifice cuts and transitional rules for AA changes

What were the biggest news stories on Professional Pensions this year? Here's our top 20.

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  • 25 December 2015
Timeline: Pensions in 2015 Part Two

2015 was another busy year for pensions. Here's our run down of the key stories.

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  • 22 December 2015
Timeline: Pensions in 2015 Part One

This year saw more change in the world of pensions. Here's our run down of what happened.

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  • 22 December 2015
AMNT launches ground-breaking Red Line Voting to boost trustee power

The Association of Member-Nominated Trustees (AMNT) has launched an initiative to give pension schemes more power to influence the companies they invest in.

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  • 08 December 2015
Towers Watson makes senior fiduciary management hire from Cardano

Duncan Higgs has re-joined Towers Watson from Cardano, to work as a senior investment consultant on its delegated investment team.

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  • 26 November 2015
Towers Watsons' LifeSight gets TPR's master trust assurance

Towers Watson's master trust LifeSight has attained the regulator's master trust assurance framework (MAF) accreditation just months after receiving the Pension Quality Mark (PQM) Ready assurance.

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  • 24 November 2015
BMO expands LDI team with hires from LGIM and Towers Watson

BMO Global Asset Management has made two appointments to its liability-driven investment (LDI) team as the firm expects strong growth in the business.

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  • 19 November 2015
PwC expands pensions team

Leo Ring and Hannah Carter have joined PwC's pension and investment consulting team following the appointment of Nikesh Patel, who joined from BlackRock earlier this year.

  • Appointments
  • 17 November 2015
Macro joins Isinglass Consulting

Paul Macro, formerly head of UK defined contribution (DC) at Mercer, has joined Isinglass Consulting as joint owner and director.

  • Appointments
  • 10 November 2015
Ombudsman orders Abbey Life to pay £10,000 for GAR omission

The Pensions Ombudsman has ordered Abbey Life to pay almost £10,000 to a member for failing to inform her that she had a guaranteed annuity rate (GAR).

  • Law and Regulation
  • 09 November 2015
MNRPF hires Towers Watson as fiduciary manager

The trustee of the Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund (MNRPF) has appointed Towers Watson to provide fiduciary management services to the £850m scheme.

  • Investment
  • 09 November 2015
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