pensions

Centrica has announced the funding hole across its pension schemes fell by 97% to £29m at the end of June 2018.

Young women are likely to end up with a pension pot nearly 11% smaller than that of male counterparts, with a number of barriers preventing women from investing, according to a new report by Fidelity International.

The government will encourage investors to support social impact programmes by working with the investments and saving industry, it has announced.

The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) and The Pensions Regulator (TPR) have signed an information-sharing agreement to enhance their combined knowledge and understanding of developing issues.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has appointed Chris Cheetham and Emmy Labovitch to its board as non-executive directors.

The closure of the BT Pension Scheme (BTPS) to future accrual means 20,000 active members will move to an 'enhanced' defined contribution (DC) scheme, after the company reached a deal with the union.

Breaking the closed-loop thinking in pensions is possible if we can change our collective mind-set, according to David Blake and Matthew Syed

GKN has announced plans to make a cash contribution of £160m into its defined benefit (DB) pension schemes as part of demerger plans designed to fend off a hostile takeover by Melrose Industries.

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