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Jeremy Hunt picked a fight he knew he’d lose. The Chancellor was on stage at last week’s Global Investment Summit in London with Deanne Stewart, the boss of one of Australia’s biggest pension funds, when he began boasting about Britain’s sporting prowess.

Mike Weston is leaving his position as CEO of LGPS Central after four years leading the local authority pension funds pool.

Workplace pensions trade association the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has marked its 100th anniversary at a dinner in London.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) marked its 100th anniversary at a dinner in London yesterday evening (18 January).

Birmingham City Council agrees to restructure the contract and pledges to "learn lessons" from the project

Investegate announcements from Schroder Orientl Inc, Directorate Change

By Dave Rogers2021-04-27T09:54:00+01:00 Firm took over job from Amey last year Kier has been handed a six month extension to the contract it took over from Amey to manage Birmingham’s roads and pavements last year. The interim contract, which began last April, had been due to run out at the end of June but client Birmingham Highways Limited (BHL) has extended it until the end of December. Kier’s deal will now run until the end of this year Amey had previously won a £2.3bn, 25-year PFI co...

So far, DC plans have largely been focused on the onset of auto-enrolment and changes to the regulatory framework - be it the ‘charge cap, ‘pension freedoms or consultations around ‘value for money, says Annabel Tonry, Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).Download In 2015 George Osborne, then the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, decided that those age over 55 could take much more of their pension in cash. This has since opened up a range of possibilities for DC scheme...