Professional Pensions

Professional Pensions magazine is a weekly publication from Incisive Media that focuses on the institutional pensions sector in the UK.

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FOS issues consultation on compensation interest payments

1 day 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...
Call for urgent clarification after 'mandation by the back door' pensions bill clause

1 day ago | professionalpensions.com | Jonathan Stapleton

Image: Michael Jones: This is at odds with the final report of the Pensions Investment Review and would shift the voluntary commitments of the Mansion House Accord to a regulator-led condition for approval The government has been urged to provide urgent clarification over fears that a Pension Schemes Bill on asset allocation tests could introduce “mandation by the back door”.
Funding for half-hedged scheme up 2% in May

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...
Pension scheme reform: The key announcements

2 days ago | professionalpensions.com | Jonathan Stapleton

Yesterday (5 June) saw the publication of the Pension Schemes Bill 2025 in addition to a roadmap for workplace pensions and an announcement on both the Virgin Media ruling and the second phase of the Pensions Review. PP takes a look at what has happened.
No final regime for surplus flexibilities until 2027 but minister says schemes can begin work now

2 days ago | professionalpensions.com | Jonathan Stapleton

Bell said this was only part of the government's measures on pensions reform – noting the government would shortly be coming forward with the next phase of the pensions review as well, focusing on pension outcomes.
TPR to launch strategy to drive up standards of trusteeship

2 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...
DWP to legislate over issues arising from Virgin Media judgment

2 days ago | professionalpensions.com | Jonathan Stapleton

Image: The Court of Appeal’s ruling in Virgin Media Limited v NTL Pension Trustees was handed down in July last year The Government will introduce legislation to deal with issues arising from the Virgin Media v NTL Pension Trustees judgment, the Department for Work and Pensions says.
Govt publishes roadmap for workplace pensions; second phase of Pensions Review to launch shortly

3 days ago | professionalpensions.com | Jonathan Stapleton

The roadmap accompanies the Pension Schemes Bill, which will be laid before parliament today, aims to give pension schemes and providers with a sense of the direction over the coming five years allowing the ecosystem as a whole to understand the government's sequencing and plan for the future. Minister for pensions Torsten Bell said: "A shared understanding of the destination is crucial to industry, individuals and government taking the right decisions to all pull in the same direction.
Grant Thornton scheme completes £275m buy-in with Royal London

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...
FIF25: Opportunities with DB pensions

3 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...