Jasmine Urquhart

2 days ago | professionalpensions.com | Jasmine Urquhart

Become a Professional Pensions member FOS issues consultation on compensation interest payments Consultation comes after call for input on FCA and FOS collaboration on improving redress 06 June 2025 • 1 min read The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has issued a consultation on the interest applied to pension compensation payments. The consultation, which closes on 2 July, comes after the FOS and Financial Conduct Authority launched a joint call for input earlier this year on collaboration...

2 days ago | professionalpensions.com | Jasmine Urquhart

Become a Professional Pensions member Funding for half-hedged scheme up 2% in May Broadstone Sirius Index sees fully hedged scheme improve to 69.3% funding 06 June 2025 • 1 min read Defined benefit (DB) funding for a half-hedged scheme has improved 2%, up to 105.8%, in May, research from Broadstone finds. The consultancy's Sirius Index, which analyses scheme journeys to self-sufficiency, saw funding position for a fully hedged scheme increase to 69.3%, from 69.1% the previous month. The index...

3 days ago | professionalpensions.com | Jasmine Urquhart

Become a Professional Pensions member TPR to launch strategy to drive up standards of trusteeship Watchdog says strategy will bring trusteeship ‘into line’ with other professions 05 June 2025 • 1 min read Image: The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched a strategy designed to improve trustees’ ability to improve outcomes and meet standards. Speaking at the Pensions Management Institute (PMI) annual conference today (5 June), TPR chief executive Nausicaa Delfas said a new strategy would "bring...

3 days ago | professionalpensions.com | Jasmine Urquhart

Become a Professional Pensions member Grant Thornton scheme completes £275m buy-in with Royal London Deal includes more than 2,200 members and is insurer’s largest external BPA deal to date 05 June 2025 • 2 min read Grant Thornton has completed a £275m buy-in with Royal London. The deal, which includes more than 2,200 members, is the insurer's largest external bulk purchase annuity (BPA) transaction to date, with all members becoming "direct policyholders" of Royal London... To continue...

4 days ago | professionalpensions.com | Jasmine Urquhart

Become a Professional Pensions member FIF25: Opportunities with DB pensions No ‘one size fits all’ approach to endgame, with changing allocations within DB schemes 04 June 2025 • 1 min read There are “enormous opportunities” within defined benefit (DB) pensions, a session at the Future of Investment Festival (FIF) 2025 has said. Speaking at the Beyond the Horizon: The Future of Defined Benefit Pensions talk, Barnett Waddingham partner and senior investment consultant Pallavi Aston said DB...