There is strong employer support for a simplified pension tax regime, according to a new report. Ahead of the Autumn Budget, a report by the Association of Consulting Actuaries found that almost...
Following the acquisition of BlackRock’s UK defined contribution platform and administration business, Aegon has promoted Kate Smith to the new role of head of master trust. Smith, who joined Aegon in 2006,...
Darracott joins from Legal & General Investment Management where she worked for 12 years, most recently as head of digital investing. She also led LGIM’s investment into Smart three years ago. In...
The majority of organisations today are still operating benefit and reward structures that simply do not fit with the modern workplace. There is a greater focus on pension schemes at the expense...
At a high level the IDD seeks to achieve three primary objectives - undistorted competition, consumer protection and market integration, for both retail and commercial customers. The European Commission deferred the original...
Aegon, Aviva, Royal London and Scottish Widows have all received gold medal ratings for their workplace pensions. Financial research consultants, F&TRC, have compiled their annual ratings of both workplace pension and auto-enrolment...
The Pensions Regulator has fined four trustees of the Salvus Master Trust for failing to invest £1.4m of member funds. The trustees each received the maximum fine of £5,000. The regulator says...
There has been an significant increase in the number of businesses looking to switch their workplace pension provider over the past year, according to new figures. Aviva says it has seen an...
HM Treasury has confirmed it is looking to tackle anomolies in the auto-enrolment system which has seen up to one million low-earners miss out on tax relief. Its statement, which says it...
Schroders has launched a new Sustainable Multi-Factor Equity Fund, designed to meet growing demand for more ESG-focused investment strategies. This is a global fund, benchmarked against the MSCI All Country World Index....
