News
Defined Benefit
Royal Mail has started a formal consultation process on closing its "unaffordable" defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual from April 2018.
05 January 2017
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2 min read
Industry
There are now less than two weeks left to enter the UK Pensions Awards 2017. Find out how to enter here...
05 January 2017
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4 min read
Appointments
BESTrustees has promoted trustee executive Heather McGuire to its senior board.
04 January 2017
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1 min read
Industry
Xerox HR Services has been renamed Conduent HR Services (HRS) as part of a newly created company that has split off from the wider Xerox group.
04 January 2017
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
The combined deficit of FTSE 350 defined benefit (DB) schemes rose by £98bn over 2016, according to Mercer data.
04 January 2017
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
Defined benefit (DB) transfer values rose by £31,000 over 2016 thanks to a fall in gilt yields, according to Xafinity's monthly index.
04 January 2017
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2 min read
Defined Contribution
The government has been criticised for excluding pensions from a poster which aims to inform the public on the various savings vehicles available.
04 January 2017
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2 min read
Investment
The belief that developed market equities are overvalued has reached record levels for a third consecutive quarter, according to a survey of investors.
03 January 2017
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1 min read
Defined Contribution
This week we want to know if there should be a lifeboat fund for master trusts in the event of insolvency and how it should be funded.
03 January 2017
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1 min read
Admin / Technology
The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) has launched an online tool to give guidance to savers who are worried they are at threat from pension scams.
03 January 2017
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2 min read
