Defined benefit (DB) schemes should consider a more prominent role for contingent assets in their pension strategy, according to paper by the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) ...

Pensions dashboards should allow executors to identify all unused pension pots belonging to deceased relatives, helping bereaved families manage potential inheritance tax (IHT) charges from April 2027 ...

The aggregate surplus of defined benefit (DB) schemes in the UK increased by £2.3bn in August 2026 to £273.6bn, the latest data from the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has shown ...

HMRC’s proposals to enable defined benefit (DB) pension schemes to make direct authorised member surplus payments (AMSP) must ...

The Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) has published new guidance to help trustees, administrators and providers assess how ready they are to deliver guided retirement ...

Three former directors of Ethical Forestry Limited have received prison sentences for their roles in a £70m pension ...

The government’s proposed workplace pension scale framework must focus on member outcomes rather than consolidation for the sake of it, while recognising scale already achieved through shared ...

UK charities sponsoring defined benefit (DB) pension schemes should shift their focus from deficit recovery to long-term ...

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 ...

The fifth Pay Your Pension Some Attention campaign has launched, with this year’s initiative using record-breaking vegetable growers to encourage savers to engage more regularly with their pension ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation on draft regulations intended to provide greater ...

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