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TPR launches innovation support service


By Paige Perrin

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched an innovation support service to reduce “unnecessary” regulatory barriers to pension innovation by enabling early, transparent discussions with pensions innovators.

The regulator has two focus areas, administration and member experience, particularly in the decumulation phase, as well as investment and new scheme models


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Majority of employers have not switched or considered switching pension provider

The majority of employers (82 per cent) have not switched or considered switching pension providers, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) 2024 employer survey

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Impact Investing Principles for Pensions updated to reflect changing market enviroment

The Impact Investing Principles for Pensions have been updated to help UK pension fund trustees better align their investment decisions with long-term impact goals and fiduciary duties

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UK pension providers join Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDE) Investor Taskforce

Several UK pension providers have backed the launch of the Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDE) Investor Taskforce, an industry-led initiative looking to unlock private investment to help tackle climate change

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Growth in professional trustee appointments slows to 8%

Professional trustee appointments have grown by 8 per cent over the past year to reach 2,711, according to WTW research, representing a slowdown from the 11 per cent growth recorded the previous year

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Size is ‘key factor’ for pension schemes choosing an endgame

The size of a scheme is the "key factor" for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes choosing an endgame, according to Aon's 2025 endgame survey

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Employers urged to start preparing for auto re-enrolment

Mid to large-sized employers – those with 500 to 50,000 employees – should be re-enrolling employees into their workplace pension schemes in 2025 as part of their mandatory three-year requirement, Hymans Robertson has urged

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Auto-enrolment in Pension Wise appointments could help address low guidance take-up

Pension Wise could benefit from a shift from optional nudges to auto-enrolled appointments, Just Group has suggested, warning that low take-up of guidance risks storing future problems for retirees facing complex financial decisions without support
Rising levels full pension withdrawals could be 'financially detrimental' to retirement incomes

The number of people who fully withdrew pension pots of £250,000 or more was 292 between October 2023 and March 2024, an increase of 70 people compared to the same period a year earlier, according to analysis by Standard Life
Pension savers call on McDonald's to provide clarity on climate progress

Pension savers are calling on McDonald’s to prove that its climate strategy can meet its 2030 and 2050 emissions reduction targets, according to research from PensionBee
Govt faces further calls to introduce 10-day pension switch guarantee

The government and regulators have faced further calls to introduce a 10-day pension switch guarantee, after research from PensionBee revealed a "stark picture" of the transfer delays facing consumers

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Mandating large pension scheme investments could risk UK growth gains

Mandating how large pension schemes invest to support UK growth could risk undermining the benefits these schemes already deliver to the UK economy, WPI Economics has suggested
Greater protection needed to reassure DB trustees on surplus release

Despite defined benefit (DB) pension schemes' resilience and overall good health, scheme trustees may still be reluctant to release any surplus, Insight Investment head of solution design, Jos Vermeulen, has said


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