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This week’s top stories included The Pension Regulator’s launch of interim guidance for the superfund market, while the regulator also extended Covid-19 easements and resumed some reporting requirements.

Consultants, trade bodies, and professional societies across the pensions industry have responded relatively positively to guidance from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) that has today signalled a clear start for defined benefit (DB) scheme consolidation...

Defined benefit (DB) scheme consolidators The Pensions Superfund and Clara Pensions are both set to begin transacting as soon as possible after new guidance for their operations was issued by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

This week’s top stories included The Pensions Regulator’s announcement of new measures around the appointment of professional trustees, and the £3bn Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund completing a £1.6bn buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation.

Emma Douglas is head of defined contribution at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM). After 20 years at the top of the pension and investing sector, she tells Laura Miller how diversity initiatives fail, the blunt answer to the female boss problem,...

Michael Buerk’s latest TV show – Britain’s Great Pension Crisis, the first episode of which was broadcast at the beginning of the month – revealed just how poor the average person’s understanding of pensions is.

The number of defined benefit (DB) schemes will fall in the next decade as superfunds begin to strengthen, pension professionals believe.

Asset manager BNP Paribas has been awarded a private credit mandate by Nest following a competitive open tender.