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Imagining a future self while working can help improve financial wellbeing in retirement, allowing people to understand what they want their post-working life to look like, says Aegon.

The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has urged the government and regulators to “act quickly and decisively” to protect pension savers from scams.

This week’s top stories include the government’s renewed focus on superfunds and Smart Pension’s commitment of £100m to a defined contribution private market default strategy.

Brunel Pension Partnership has completed transitioning almost £20bn of Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) assets, with most remaining transfers due this year.

The scam ‘epidemic’ across the pensions industry needs better government intervention in the form of a specifically appointed minister, AJ Bell has reiterated.

A climate strategy for The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is set to be announced in the coming weeks which will support trustees as they carry out work to meet the new Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) requirements.

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has published a report looking into how pension schemes approach investment in overseas assets.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published its settlement policy — setting out its approach for negotiating and concluding settlements of its regulatory or civil enforcement action.

The Investment Association (IA) has urged the government to ensure clear guidelines and strong reporting standards in its planned issuance of the nation’s first green sovereign bonds, as part of a host of priorities outlined on behalf of its membership....

Companies are increasingly looking to consolidators, superfunds and other sophisticated financial structures to help remove their defined benefit (DB) liabilities, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says.