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23 April 2026

First STAR Gold Awards for Aviva, L&G and Zurich

Aviva, Legal & General and Zurich have achieved their first STAR Gold accreditations, as advisers place increasing importance on proven transfer performance and transparency.

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15 April 2026

Defaqto adds STAR ratings to Engage

Defaqto has added STAR transfer accreditation ratings and operational transfer insights to Engage, helping advisers factor transfer performance into platform due diligence.

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11 March 2026

Allison Fower Joins Criterion Board

We welcome Allison Fower, Strategy & Transformation Director at Standard Life, as a non‑executive director, bringing extensive financial services and transformation experience to the board.

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22 December 2025

Criterion makes three senior hires as demand grows for reliable system integrations

James Slevin, Chris Hickman and Scott Machin have joined Criterion.

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17 November 2025

Criterion takes lead on Fix LoA Action Group, building on Pension Lab’s founding work

We’ve taken stewardship of FLAG, the industry-wide group uniting over 70 organisations to make Letters of Authority (LoAs) faster, simpler, and more secure.

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23 September 2025

Criterion launches new industry standard to streamline investment Letters of Authority

The LoA Data Checklist for investments has been launched for industry review.

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12 August 2025

Look beyond MPS price and performance

We look beyond MPS price and performance - robust operational due diligence is every financial advisers’ duty.

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06 June 2025

New non-executive directors

Aviva’s Karl Greenway and Fidelity’s Danny Wynn appointed as new non-executive directors to the Criterion Board.

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17 June 2024

Advisers urged to verify robustness of MPS management, concludes latest NextWealth report

We discuss the findings of Criterion and NextWealth's whitepaper: Keeping MPS clients in focus.