Aegon

Guy Opperman is the second-longest serving dedicated junior pensions minister, overtaking Labour's Malcolm Wicks.

Members of occupational pension schemes claimed £4.3bn in pensions tax relief in 2017/18, as total relief climbed £1.1bn.

A fourth round of IGC reports has emerged and they are looking quite different to last year following regulatory change. Kim Kaveh looks at the key findings.

Aegon's independent governance committee (IGC) has said that overall, it has had "no specific cause for concern" over transaction cost reporting.

The Carey Workplace Pension Trust has applied for master trust authorisation and consolidated two other schemes, PP can reveal.

The Atlas Master Trust has applied for authorisation to The Pensions Regulator (TPR), taking the total number of applications to 24 as the end of March deadline looms.

The government-backed auto-enrolment (AE) provider NEST is the latest master trust to apply for authorisation to The Pensions Regulator (TPR), PP can exclusively reveal.

Inflation in the UK rose slightly in February to 1.9% on the back of higher food prices, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The Single Financial Guidance Body (SFGB) will be rebranded as the 'Money and Pensions Service', the government has announced.

Aegon's acquisition of Blackrock's defined contribution (DC) business has "significantly improved" its market position leading to a "strong pipeline for potential contract wins", the provider has said.