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The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) has closed more cases than ever before in 2024/25, its Annual Report and Accounts have revealed, following the “successful” implementation of its Operating Model Review (O ...
The inaugural Nederlandse Pensioen Awards, organised by European Pensions, are now officially open for entries ...
Sixty-four is the average age at which people purchase lifetime annuities, while it’s 63 for fixed-term annuities, according to sales data from Standard Life.
Defined benefit (DB) superfunds will play a growing role in the endgames of DB pension schemes, according to analysis from LCP ...
Across 2024, £10.9bn has been invested from annuity business directly into UK-focused productive assets, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has reported ...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will publish three pensions-related reports on Monday (21 July), prompting experts ...
Around half of FTSE350 companies with defined benefit (DB) schemes could have surpluses on a “low dependency” basis, research from WTW has found ...
Forty-two per cent of professional trustee appointments to defined benefit (DB) pension schemes were sole trustees by March 2025, an increase from 37 per cent in 2024, according to the latest annual r ...
The government has published the first-ever Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, outlining a 10-year plan to make the UK the “global location of choice” for financial services firms ...
Prices rose by more than expected to 3.6 per cent in the year to June, the fastest rate of inflation since January 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) ...
More than three quarters (77 per cent) of people who receive financial advice believe their adviser has made them financially better off, Standard Life has revealed, showing the “significant” impact f ...
The pensions industry has broadly welcomed the financial services sector reforms made in the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech yesterday, 16 July; however, concerns remain around implementation and tr ...