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Appointments update – 10 July 2025
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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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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's (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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Long read: PSB benefits overshadowed by mandation and governance concerns
Despite cross-party support for many of the planned changes included in the Pension Schemes Bill, its second reading in the House of Commons was dominated by concerns from MPs ...
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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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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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Nearly a quarter of Gen Z betting on inheritance over pension savings
Nearly a quarter (24 per cent) of Gen Z savers are not prioritising saving for retirement and are instead expecting an inheritance to fund their later life, research from Standard Life has revealed ...
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Most businesses offering DC pensions anticipate changing provision type in coming years
Four in five (80 per cent) businesses currently offering a defined contribution (DC) pension scheme anticipate changing their provision type in the coming years, research by LawDeb Pensions has reveal ...