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Sackers has achieved the Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certifications as the threat to cyber security in the pensions sector continues to grow.

Pension drawdowns are becoming "increasingly common", according to Just Group's Stephen Lowe, as the latest HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) figures show £2bn was withdrawn from pension schemes in the third quarter of 2018.

This week's top stories were industry reaction to the Lloyds GMP equalisation judgment, and Workchain's £280,000 fine for illegally opting workers out of their pension scheme.

Incisive Media - the business which owns Professional Pensions - has won the Digital Publisher of the Year accolade at the 2018 PPA Digital Awards.

Hogan Lovells sets out what pension funds need to do for equalising guaranteed minimum pensions (GMP) in light of the landmark Lloyds judgment.

Support staff at Manchester University have overwhelmingly voted to take strike action over plans to reduce and close the defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.

The government has rejected the Environmental Audit Committee's (EAC) proposal to make pension fund climate-related financial disclosures mandatory.

The High Court ruling on guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) equalisation may have said various methods were possible but, in practice, schemes will find it fairly easy to implement, legal experts say.

Equiniti Group has bought Aquila from AquilaHeywood for an undisclosed sum.

Willis Towers Watson's LifeSight is the first defined contribution (DC) master trust to allocate around half of equity investments in the default fund to environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies.