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Equiniti Relays The Latest Pension Industry Regulatory News
Monday, 13 May 2024In this article, we look at some of the latest pension industry developments and regulatory updates introduced with the intention of improving peoples’ retirement outcomes. We also explain how these new regulations are likely to impact pension schemes and trustees.
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Pension Fund Trustees Need To Widen Their ESG Focus To Fully Capture Both The Risks And Opportunities
Tuesday, 30 April 2024A recent blog by Mark Hill, Climate and Sustainability Lead at The Pensions Regulator (TPR), has challenged pension fund trustees to widen the scope of their environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting beyond climate change, and recommended they start embracing nature and social factors within their scheme policies.
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BPA Market Projected To Cover £1trn Of DB Liabilities By Early-2030s
Monday, 29 April 2024The bulk purchase annuity (BPA) market continues to go from strength to strength, as pension scheme trustees turn to BPA transactions as part of their de-risking strategy.
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UK Defined Benefit Pensions No Longer In A ‘Black Hole,’ Thanks To Higher Corporate Bond Yields
Thursday, 4 April 2024It’s been a challenging few years for Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes, which have suffered heavily from a convergence of demographic, economic and regulatory factors.
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Will 2024 Be A Record-breaking Year For Pension De-risking?
Wednesday, 3 April 2024With barely a quarter of the year behind us, 2024 already looks like a record-breaking year for pension de-risking, according to the Pensions Regulator’s Pension Protection Fund (PPF).
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What This Year’s Spring Budget Means For The UK Pensions Industry
Thursday, 21 March 2024Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered what was possibly the last fiscal event to take place before UK voters take to the polls later this year, or no later than January 2025.
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