Stuart Travers News Today

News analysis, case studies and informed comment on the challenges facing UK pension schemes, from Pensions Expert, a DG Publishing service

This week’s movers include those at The People’s Partnership, Independent Governance Group, Capita and TPT Retirement Solutions among others.

2020 Trustees has created a new service designed to provide trustees with support ahead of the implementation of The Pensions Regulator’s new single code of practice.

When a top pension lawyer posts something on LinkedIn, you expect the industry will sit up and listen… But you don’t quite expect tens of thousands of views (well, not unless it is about the latest on GMP equalisation).

An unnamed Fortune 500 company pension scheme has completed a £150m full scheme buy-in for 400 pensioner and deferred members.

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...