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High-risk DC pension funds failing to match FTSE 100 over five years


By Callum Conway

Almost nine in 10 (89 per cent) medium-high- and high-risk defined contribution (DC) pension funds have failed to match the FTSE 100's performance over the past five years, according to research from Investing Insiders


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Tribunal upholds FCA bans and fines for pension adviser and fund manager

The Upper Tribunal has upheld the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) decisions to ban and fine an adviser and fund manager

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Usage of pension tracing service rises by 58% as savers hunt for lost pots

Calls to the government’s pension tracing service rose by 58 per cent in the year to 30 September 2025, as savers increasingly sought to track down old or lost pension pots, analysis from Lubbock Fine has revealed

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Black Arrow Group pension scheme completes £7m buy-in with PIC

The Black Arrow Group Ltd Pension and Assurance Scheme has completed a £7m buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), securing the benefits of 61 members

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TPR appoints Ben Gunnee to lead market oversight division

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has appointed Ben Gunnee to lead its market oversight division on an interim basis, with the regulator also launching the recruitment process for a permanent appointment

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IBM pension scheme completes £700m buy-in with Standard Life

The IBM I.T. Solutions Pension Scheme (I Plan) has concluded a £700m buy-in with Standard Life, securing the benefits of more than 3,600 members

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‘Coming wave’ of CDC schemes must balance fairness with higher retirement incomes

The industry should be optimistic that the next generation of collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes can deliver fairness alongside the broader benefits they offer to savers, LCP has said

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Sopra Steria pension scheme signs £113m buy-in with PIC

The Steria Management Plan (SMP) section of the Sopra Steria Retirement Benefits Scheme has secured a £113m full-scheme buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC)
Over-50s putting retirement plans at risk due to underestimating life expectancy

People aged over 50 are putting their retirement plans at risk due to underestimating their life expectancy, according to a study from Standard Life
‘Fear of getting it wrong’ could leave Millennial women nearly £500k worse off in retirement

Millennial women could be left almost half a million pounds worse off in retirement than their male counterparts, as confidence and a 'fear of getting it wrong' continue to hamper engagement with long-term savings, analysis from Moneybox has revealed
Self-employed workers more than twice as likely to think they will never retire

Self-employed workers are more than twice as likely as employed workers to believe they will never retire, according to research from the Get Britain Pension Ready campaign

Industry urged to 'break cycle of failed ideas' on pensions adequacy

The pensions industry risks “sleepwalking into another generation of under-saving” unless it experiments with new approaches to member engagement, People's Pension has warned
Three sponsor-linked pension schemes complete BPA deal with L&G

Three defined benefit (DB) pension schemes sponsored by companies owned by the same group have completed an £86m bulk purchase annuity (BPA) deal with Legal & General (L&G)


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