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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a data request to 65 financial advisers who advised on transfers from the Rolls-Royce defined benefit (DB) scheme.

The Brunel Pension Partnership has handed a £325m specialist climate and environment equity mandate to Nordea Asset Management.

The Wales Pension Partnership (WPP) has opened a series of fixed income funds for its eight constituent authorities, all of which will be investing.

Occupational pensions schemes will be required to direct savers to take guidance on pension withdrawals under new provisions to boost engagement.

RPMI Railpen and developer First Base have entered into a contract to acquire a £155m mixed-use neighbourhood in Cambridge City Centre.

The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has published its second progress update report – setting out a timeline for the development of the project.

Around £6bn of UK pension fund monies should be invested in a National Renewal Fund aimed at recapitalising 21,000 growth economy businesses, a report suggests.

The sponsoring employers of the UK’s largest pension schemes may have to put an additional £40-£45bn into their schemes over the next decade, Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) warns.

Almost three-quarters of PP readers disagree that pension scheme members should be allowed to access funds early to use as a house deposit.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has called for amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill to ensure new regulatory powers do not unintentionally prevent schemes from taking action in members’ interests.