News

Attendees at a Trades Union Congress (TUC) conference have endorsed a Prospect motion which called for action to tackle the gender pension gap.

This week's top stories include news that Aon had launched and then abandoned talks with Willis Towers Watson over a potential merger.

A government failure to update equality legislation means schemes offering bridging pensions could fall foul of provisions in the Equality Act 2010 - leaving them reliant on EU law as an interim solution.

Mortality improvements have declined for yet another year, data from the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has revealed.

Here they are. The finalist lists for the UK Pensions Awards 2019.

Pension Insurance Corporation's (PIC) bulk annuity business transacted £7.1bn of buy-ins and buyouts over the course of 2018, its annual results reveal.

The industry is at a "brink point" where there is an opportunity to gain savers' trust in the financial system or risk losing them, according to Richard Butcher.

Mercer Master Trust has sent off its authorisation application to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) taking the total number of submissions received and awaiting response to 12.

Phoenix Group transacted £800m of bulk annuities in 2018, its first year in the market since completing a deal with its own scheme two years ago.

Aon has confirmed it will not make an offer for Willis Towers Watson after "preliminary" discussions with the global consultant.