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An overview of news, trends and research in the Pension industry in the UK:

Rolls-Royce's record pension buy-out advised on by Mercer Global actuarial consultancy Mercer has advised the Rolls-Royce UK Pension Fund on a record buy-out worth over £4.6 billion.
18 June 2019
Four trends fuelling digital transformation in financial services Institutions in the financial services arena are spending billions on digital transformation programmes, but it doesn’t always turn out to be money well spent.
01 February 2019
KPMG to reinstate divorcee's pension following legal blunder Big Four firm KPMG has been told it must reinstate a £32,173 pension to its original beneficiary, following its wrongful transfer to their ex-wife.
22 January 2019
Brexit and looming economic crisis hit financial services optimism The levels of optimism among the UK’s financial services sector remains at a worrying low, according to a new report co-authored by the country’s representative body for business interests.
21 January 2019
AutoRek's Consulting head on how tech can help overcome SFTR In the first quarter of 2020, Europe’s Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR) will come into effect.
17 January 2019
Buck announces UK launch of pensions consulting services Pension and benefits services provider, Buck, has launched into the UK to offer consulting, administration, and technology solutions to businesses and pension scheme trustees.
08 January 2019
Fiduciary management market sees lowest growth since financial crisis A new study on the UK’s £142 billion fiduciary management market has found that it has suffered its slowest growth in a decade.
03 December 2018
Third of pension schemes in surplus but have not agreed long-term targets According to a new study, 37% of pension schemes are currently enjoying a funding surplus.
05 November 2018
£4.3 billion MMC deal for JLT could create largest UK pensions consultancy As UK insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) braces itself for life as part of US financial services giant Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), following the sealing of a £4.
21 September 2018
FTSE 350 pension deficit hovers around £10 billion mark In recent years challenging market conditions and an ageing population have seen some schemes run increasingly large deficits.
12 September 2018
Ageing England ‘left behind’ in terms of global social care funding As Britain faces the impact of an ageing population, a damning new report has found that the English social care system which many elderly people will come to rely on in coming years compares “rather
11 September 2018
Watchdog report spares UK investment consultants industry overhaul The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has ruled out an industry-wide overhaul of investment consulting in the UK, following a protracted process which has seen a number of Britain’s largest pensi
14 August 2018
Climate change increasingly seen as material threat to asset funds Large numbers of people rely on their pensions for retirement, and, while current pension funds total tends of trillions of dollars, concern around their sustainability is mounting.
17 July 2018
The largest actuarial and pension consulting firms in the UK The UK’s actuarial and pension consulting firms brought in a combined revenue of almost £2 billion in 2017.
14 May 2018
Pension funding across top 22 markets hits $41 trillion The pension funds of 22 of the world’s largest countries has topped more than $41 trillion in asset value, buoyed by strong equity results over 2017.
01 March 2018
State pension funding will be depleted by 2035, GAD warns The UK Government’s auditing body has warned that funding for the national state pension could be depleted by 2032.
15 January 2018
FCA report criticised by investment consultants during CMA probe The world’s biggest investment consultants have continued to fight on against a full-blown competition probe in the UK.
05 December 2017
Pensions and benefits consultancy Broadstone completes duo of deals The pensions and benefits consultancy Broadstone Group has completed the acquisition of both pension and actuarial firm Mitchell Consulting and 2020 Trustees.
09 November 2017
The 20 largest pension funds of the globe The total assets of the 300 largest pension funds worldwide increased by about 6% in 2016 to $15.7 trillion.
27 October 2017
Delta Capita launches Big Data as a Service platform for financial services Delta Capita, a management and consulting firms for the financial services industry, has launched a new Big Data-as-a-Service Platform.
24 October 2017
De-risking sees European pension assets move to bonds from equities De-risking has seen European pension investment shift dramatically from equities into bonds and alternative assets according to research by Mercer.
07 September 2017
UK Millennials need to save £1 million for comfortable retirement Around £1 million is needed to retire with a similar quality of life to someone with around £24,000 per year in their mid-20s, a new study from Mazars has revealed.
13 June 2017
Global pensions assets pool grows to $36.4 trillion, equities dominate The value of pension assets globally is up around 4% to $36.4 trillion, the majority of which (92%) is held by seven countries.
09 March 2017
Total global alternative assets under management grows to $6.2 trillion Total assets managed by alternative investment managers globally has hit $6.2 trillion. The 100 largest players account for nearly 60% of the market, holding a combined $3.6 trillion in assets.
28 July 2016
Employers making strides in retirement & pension offerings Saving for retirement remains a paramount concern for some, and not much of a concern for many.
29 February 2016
DP World appoints Barnett Waddingham to P&O Pension Barnett Waddingham has been appointed to provide actuarial services to the P&O Pension Scheme. The £1.5 billion P&O Pension Scheme is, since its sale in 2006, linked to DP World. The value of the deal has not been disclosed.
20 January 2016
Mercer picks up two pensions experts from rival KPMG As part of Mercer’s expansion in the UK, which has seen it hire sixteen people in recent months, the firm has poached two KPMG pensions experts, Stephen Budge and Tejas Patel.
23 December 2015
Mercer launches marketplace for bulk annuity market The UK Defined Benefit schemes have had a turbulent time in recent years as low bond yields and interest rates have cut into expected long term returns.
24 November 2015
Countries with the best pension systems in the world For the fourth year in a row Denmark has the world’s best pension system, according to a benchmark by Mercer and the Australian Centre for Financial Studies.
16 November 2015
Aon launches the Aon MasterTrust to meet demand Aon has launched ‘Aon MasterTrust’ for occupational trust-based pension schemes of more than £20 million, on the expectation of an increase in demand for master trusts.
11 November 2015
Redington launches Will Power & Pensions Panda Saving for the golden years remains an issue among many people in the UK, even while the length of the golden years increases.
06 November 2015
30 actuarial advisory firms launch GLOBACS network 30 actuarial advisory firms from across the globe have teamed up to launch Global Actuarial & Consulting Services (GLOBACS), a global network that unites the offerings, footprint and expertise of its
03 November 2015

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