The latest news in brief and mandates from the past seven days ...

The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) has backed the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) plans to strengthen consumer ...

The government has been urged to simplify its proposed defined benefit (DB) surplus framework and preserve trustee discretion, amid warnings that overly burdensome rules could limit schemes’ ability t ...

Pensions Management Institute chief strategy officer, Helen Forrest Hall, discusses the importance of pension adequacy and the work being done to make it achievable ...

Defined contribution (DC) master trusts reported a rebound in growth-phase strategy returns over Q2 2026, as easing geopolitical tensions and falling oil prices improved investor sentiment, Isio has r ...

UK employees would retire earlier than currently planned if they could afford to do so, according to research by Penfold ...

The Pensions Regulator’s (TPR) upcoming guidance on defined benefit (DB) surplus release must avoid creating expectations that surplus should be distributed in a particular way, or risk undermining ...

More than half (56 per cent) of UK adults feel hopeful or excited about retirement, but only 16 per cent have worked out how much they will need to save and are confident they are on track to achieve ...

Some bereaved families could face a tax charge of up to 91 per cent on inherited pension funds once unspent pension pots are brought within the scope of inheritance tax (IHT) from April 2027, accordin ...

Mylo, Aegon's pension consolidation service, has surpassed £250m in consolidated pension pots since launching in September ...

Gen Z workers are three times more likely than the wider population to want to retire before the age of 55, amid growing online interest in the Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) movement, re ...

The government’s proposed defined benefit (DB) pension surplus reforms need to recognise uncertainty around low dependency valuations and emerging market practice, XPS has argued ...