The Iowa State Daily Publication Board selected Kayde Sheaffer to serve as editor-in-chief (EIC) of the Iowa State Daily for the 2026-27 academic year during their meeting Wednesday. The Board ...

To borrow from the great Oscar Wilde, for far too long the pensions industry has sought to know the price of everything, while focusing less on value. But the government's shake-up of the value for ...

Former UK pensions minister Guy Opperman has criticised the proposed Value for Money (VFM) framework, describing it as “utterly unworkable” in its current form. Opperman, now a strategic advisor at ...

The regulators’ final rounds of consultation on the Value for Money (VFM) reform package, due to come into effect in 2028, have been met with a hail of criticism, with some voices calling for a ‘dry ...

Abstract: Modern applications demand challenging operation requirements from electrical machines. Variable-flux machine (VFM) concepts are found to offer new opportunities for improved machine design.

Abstract: Efficient mapping of unknown environments is a fundamental function for mobile robot intelligence. To do so requires good exploration strategies and solving the simultaneous localization and ...

The Financial Conduct Authority will finalise its Value For Money rules this year to give firms time to implement changes before the 2028 launch, a report setting out the regulator’s pension ...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been warned against incorporating “crystal-ball gazing” into its Value for Money (VfM) proposals. Both PensionBee and Aegon UK believe introducing ...

There is widespread support for the revised Value for Money (VfM) regulations, but the industry is calling for further refinements particularly around forward-looking metrics, to deliver good member ...

The latest of the Pensions Management Institute’s (PMI’s) regular columns looks at the promise and pitfalls of forward‑looking metrics, and why pragmatism, clarity and workable data solutions are ...

ASHLAND COUNTY, Ohio — A 26-year-old man was found dead Thursday evening in Mifflin, according to the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say Brandon Sheaffer was discovered unresponsive at a ...

FORT MADISON (WGEM) - Fort Madison is known as the Pen City primarily for the Iowa State Penitentiary, but the coined term also pays tribute to the town’s history in pen making. Over one century ago, ...