News

• 22 January 2021

  Pension Protection Fund Levy Certification 2021/22 – deadline soon

  The deadline for trustees and sponsors to certify contingent assets to reduce their Pension Protection Fund (PPF) levy will soon be upon us. This includes group company guarantees (“Type A” contingent assets) and asset backed contribution (“ABC”) structures. Many will have received levy benefit from these assets in previous years but will need to re-certify […] More

• 18 January 2021

  Claire Bowyer appointed to the Cardano Group Management Board

  The Cardano Group, the pensions risk and investment management specialist, has today announced the appointment of Claire Bowyer to the Group’s Management Board effective immediately. Claire continues to be a Group Partner, a Director of Cardano UK, and the Group’s General Counsel. She will also continue to be responsible for the people leadership of Cardano […] More

• 12 January 2021

  Cardano Group hires Will Martindale as Group Head of Sustainability

  The Cardano Group, the pensions risk and investment management specialist, has appointed Will Martindale to the newly created role of Group Head of Sustainability. Will Martindale will be responsible for working across the business to accelerate the Cardano Group’s sustainability objectives. These objectives include contributing to a sustainable economy, Cardano’s pledge to reach net-zero investments […] More

• 9 December 2020

  NOW: Pensions releases new report on the underpensioned

  NOW: Pensions released a new report with The Pensions Policy Institute on 8 December, called ‘The Underpensioned report 2020’. This looks at the most financially at-risk groups in our society and importantly what can be done to make effective change. Read the full report here.   NOW: Pensions is a sister company to Lincoln Pensions […] More

• 7 December 2020

  Cardano promotes Dawn Thirley, Group HR Director, to Partner

  Cardano today announces the promotion of Dawn Thirley, Cardano’s Group HR Director, to Partner effective immediately. Dawn joined Cardano in 2019 to guide the business on all HR aspects and has over 20 years’ experience in Global HR. Before joining Cardano, Dawn held senior HR leadership roles at Old Mutual, Bank of America and Merrill […] More

• 16 November 2020

  The Pensions Regulator releases new guidance for schemes with distressed sponsors

  The Pensions Regulator (TPR) released new guidance (on Thursday 12 November) for trustees of all DB pension schemes with a focus on spotting situations where sponsors are in distress leading to potential insolvency. It includes common examples and a high-level checklist for when a sponsor is distressed.  Many employers are experiencing financial distress due to […] More

• 21 October 2020

  Superfunds: New guidance from TPR

  The Pensions Regulator has published new guidance for defined benefit pension superfunds. This new guidance is intended as a stop-gap while DWP develops its legislative framework to formally authorise and supervise superfunds. This will fire the starting gun on DB pensions consolidation at a time when, more than ever, the sustainability of DB pensions is […] More

• 28 September 2020

  Lincoln Pensions is proud to participate in 100 Black Interns

  100 Black interns is an initiative created to support black students enter into the financial sector by kick starting their career. Due to the lack of representation and diversity in the financial industry we are proud to be participating as a way to source a more diverse group of talent for the future. This initiative will […] More

• 22 September 2020

  Lincoln Pensions becomes Integrated Risk Management Insight Partner for PMI

  The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) today announces Lincoln Pensions as its Insight Partner for Integrated Risk Management (IRM). The partnership will focus on the key considerations facing pension scheme trustees in the context of IRM which is exceptionally important to UK defined benefit schemes and is an area of continued focus for The Pensions Regulator. […] More

• 3 September 2020

  DB Funding Code Consultation – our thoughts

  The twin-track “comply or explain” approach at the heart of the Consultation seems like a major shake-up; but, since the Government’s 2018 White Paper concluded the system is working largely as intended, it shouldn’t make much difference to those schemes already following best practice. Either way, TPR has left some key questions to address in […] More