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Smart Pension has acquired Ensign Master Trust, its eighth acquisition since launch. The Ensign Master Trust has £158m in assets, and runs the workplace pensions for 5,100 members across 62 employers. It...

Ten years on from the launch of auto-enrolment and two decades from the Pensions Commission that shaped it, the world of workplace pensions has been transformed. Reducing means testing, raising the state...

Significant gaps remain in pension awareness and engagement 10 years after the launch of auto enrolment, according to new research. Standard Life has found that female and lower income workers are disproportionately...

GlaxoSmithKline spin-off Haleon has appointed LifeSight to run its company pension. Previously this was a single-employer trust, run by GSK. The scheme, which has 2,000 members will now use LifeSight’s master trust. ...

The FCA should have a statutory objective to promote financial wellbeing, according to a leading industry body. The Investing and Savings Alliance (Tisa) has called for amendments to the Financial Services and...

The Bank of England has stepped up its bond-buying activity in a move to shore up the financial system and protect pension funds. The Bank has announced it will widen is bond...

Legal & General is offering a  new ‘expression of wish’ service with Tumelo, allowing trustees to identify the ESG issues that matter most to their members. It says this new digital service...

More than a third of people have never heard of the auto-enrolment, despite these workplace pensions being in place for 10 years. This research by the TISA found “worrying” low levels of...

Punter Southall Governance Services has appointed Sophia Harrison as a new client director. This appointment boosts the group ESG credentials, with Harrison having a strong focus on this area in her investment...

Smart Pension’s default fund is now fully sustainable, according to the master trust provider, incorporating an increased number of investments with a specific focus on ESG issues. Smart says this announcement means...