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Kingston Council to review pension investments over human rights concerns in Palestine and globally
The Kingston Council has committed to reviewing all its pension fund investments to identify any holdings in companies allegedly complicit in international law and human rights violations in Palestine ...
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Appointments update – 10 July 2025
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DB funding levels remain strong in June; individual companies funding levels vary
UK pension schemes of FTSE100 companies remained "strong" at over £50bn, with a funding level of around 118 per cent funding level at the end of June, LCP's latest Pensions Explorer revealed. The firm ...
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Govt urged to require greater transparency on employer pension contributions
The government should amend the Pension Schemes Bill to introduce mandatory disclosure of employer pension contributions on all job adverts, the Social Market Foundation (SMF) has argued ...
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Master trust consolidation continues; own-trusts still delivering “exceptional value”
The proportion of schemes with over £1bn now in master trusts has increased to 40 per cent, matching the number of own-trust schemes at this scale for the first time, research from Barnet Waddingham ( ...
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OBR figures prompt calls for govt to review state pension uprating and adequacy
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast that the triple lock will cost £15.5bn annually by 2029-30, three times ...
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Rothesay completes £400m investment in student accommodation
Rothesay has completed a £400m eight-year investment facility in the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector ...
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DB pension transfer redress remains ‘historically low’ as CMCs pivot to other areas of ‘secret commission’
Compensation for a typical defined benefit (DB) pension transfer redress case continued to fall through Q1 2025, as a result of financial conditions softening and rates rising,<br /> Broadstone's DB r ...
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Targeted support a ‘positive step’ amid rise of ‘unregulated finfluencers’
The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) proposed targeted support regime is a 'positive step' towards closing the planning and advice gap, amid the rise of 'unregulated finfluencers,' according to a s ...
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Four unnamed schemes complete buy-ins with Utmost Life and Pensions, totalling £177m
Four unnamed defined benefit (DB) pension schemes have completed buy-in transactions with Utmost Life and Pensions so far this year, with a combined total value of £177m ...
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BoE governor says mandating pension investments is ‘not appropriate’
The ability of the government to have the power to direct how defined contribution (DC) pension schemes invest, as set out in the Pension Schemes Bill, has come under renewed scrutiny following ...
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‘Overwhelmed’ savers resoundingly back targeted support despite practical challenges.
Anxious and overwhelmed' savers resoundingly back the concept of targeted support despite fears over data consistency and a lack of trust in the industry, a report from the Standard Life Centre for th ...