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Natwest will make a £500m one-off contribution into its main pension scheme after purchasing ordinary shares back from the Treasury.

The relevance and value of ESG integration in investments is growing and is expected to become more important in coming years, according to a paper by Aon.

Urgent clarity is needed in seven key areas in order to keep the pensions dashboard timetable on track, the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) says.

Schemes that help savers with later life planning as part of a government trial will receive a £400,000 funding boost, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) says.

The government has put forward proposals to introduce a strengthened, statutory basis for the regulation of the actuarial profession.

Professional Pensions parent Incisive Media is pleased to announce the first keynote speakers for its inaugural Sustainable Investment Festival, which takes place live online between 22-25 June.

Defined contribution (DC) scheme consolidation could be undone as diseconomies of scale begin to emerge, says PTL managing director Richard Butcher.

Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) concluded £5.6bn on bulk annuities in 2020 after recording just over £2.1bn in the second half of the year.

Pension providers need to tackle rampant ‘pension apathy’ by allowing savers to have a greater say in how their investment is used to tackle issues of concern such as climate change, Aviva says.

Hackney Council Pension Fund has set out a timeline to review further decarbonisation of its investments, as it moves towards its commitment to become carbon neutral by 2040.